hereafter

/hiər'ɑ:ftə/

Thân thiện

The terms specified hereafter are binding for both parties.

Definition

1. Adverb:

   • Following this in time or order or place; after this: Used to refer to a point in time or a sequence that comes immediately after the present moment or the current point in a text.
   • In a future life or state: Used to refer to existence after death or in a future spiritual state.
   • In a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.: Used in formal or legal writing to indicate that something will be mentioned or explained later in the same text.

2. Noun:

   • The time yet to come; the future: The period of time that will exist after the present.
   • Life after death: Existence or a state of being following physical death.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:

  • Hereafter, you will no longer receive an allowance. (This means starting from now, the allowance will stop.)
  • He believed he would be reunited with his family hereafter. (This refers to a belief in a future life after death.)
  • The terms specified hereafter are legally binding. (This directs the reader to the terms that follow in the document.)

• Noun:

  • We must plan for the hereafter. (This refers to planning for the future in general.)
  • Many religions have beliefs about the hereafter. (This refers specifically to concepts of an afterlife.)

Advanced Usage

• "Hereinafter": A more formal variant of the adverbial sense meaning "in the following part of this document." It is often used in contracts and legal texts.

  • The property, hereinafter referred to as "the premises,"...

• "Hereunder": Similar to "hereinafter," meaning "under or in accordance with this writing or document."

  • The obligations listed hereunder must be fulfilled.

Variants and Related Words

• Hereinafter (adv.): In the following part of this document or statement.
• Hereunder (adv.): Under or pursuant to this document.
• Afterlife (n.): A life or existence believed to follow death; a synonym for the noun sense of "hereafter."

Synonyms

• Henceforth (adv.): From this time onward. (Note: "Henceforth" is very close in meaning to the first adverbial sense but does not carry the "in this document" or "afterlife" meanings.)
• Subsequently (adv.): At a later time; afterward.
• The future (n.): The time that is to come.
• The afterlife (n.): Life after death.

Related Phrases

• In the hereafter: This phrase is used with the noun to specify the context of the future or afterlife.
  • Do you believe in rewards and punishments in the hereafter?

Idioms

Note: "Hereafter" itself is a formal word and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is typically direct, as shown in the examples.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. following this in time or order or place; after this
   • hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance
2. in a future life or state
   • hope to win salvation hereafter
3. in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.
   • the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises
   • the terms specified hereunder

Noun

1. the time yet to come
2. life after death

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hereinafter
• hereunder
• future
• futurity
• time to come
• afterlife