adverb / noun
hereafter
heer-AF-ter/ˌhɪrˈæftər/
The time or existence that follows the present.
Hereafter, the family leaves its shoes in the basket by the door.
Etymology
Here could refer to the present time as well as the present place. Combined with after, it points beyond now, giving the sense “from this time onward.”
In context
now known or hereafter created.
which said tract of land is hereafter to be called by the name... of...
More examples
- The instructions given hereafter explain how to submit a claim.
- All visitors must hereafter sign in at the front desk.
- She believes that loved ones meet again in the hereafter.
Similar words
- henceforth
- Means from now on, without suggesting life after death.
- later
- Means at a subsequent time, not necessarily continuously from now.
- afterlife
- Names existence after death, not the future in general.