Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, not comparable)Future.

Examples

13 sentences

  1. Justice will be served, whether here or in the hereafter.

    deDer Gerechtigkeit wird Genüge getan, ob hier oder im Jenseits. — Yorwba

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  2. The healer says he's able to communicate with the hereafter.

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  3. See more hereof hereafter.

    deMehr hierzu folgt. — Yorwba

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  4. Muslims believe in the hereafter.

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  5. "Fear not; take heart; hereafter, it may be / these too will yield a pleasant tale to tell."

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Origin

From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + afte

From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + after.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
unborn

Word family

166 related words
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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hereA1herebyhereditaryheredity
hereafter — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto