hereafter
here·af·ter
hereafter · hereafters
будущее, грядущее
öteki dünya
A future existence or stateA future existence or state.
Recorded US: Speaker: Vininn126 Recorder: Vininn126, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
UK/hɪəˈɹɑːftə/US/hɪɹˈæftɚ/
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
future existence:
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncommon, uncountable)A future existence or state.
бу́дущееbúduščeje, гряду́щееgrjadúščeje
(countable, poetic, uncommon, uncountable)Existence after death.
life after death
Origin
From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + afteFrom Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + after.
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Forms
plural: hereafters| Singular | hereafter |
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regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsA future existence or state:thereafterB2aftertime
Existence after death:afterlifeeternal life
Close in meaning
- life after death:afterlife
- the time yet to come:futurefuturitytime to come
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsweet hereafter
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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