I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adverb
Etymology: Middle English here after, from Old English hēræfter, from hēr here + æfter after — more at here , after
: after this:
a. : after this in order or sequence
here and hereafter I am following … her own version — S.H.Adams
b. : after this in time
devise the agencies … that will make them impossible hereafter — B.N.Cardozo
c. : in some future time or state
this life is a preparation for life hereafter — F.B.Artz
d. : at the time of taking effect — used with this meaning in a statute and expressly so construed by law in some states of the United States
II. ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Usage: sometimes capitalized
1. : a time to come : future
2. : an existence or state beyond this life — often used with the
a belief in the hereafter is shown in gifts and articles left with the dead in many burials — P.I.Wellman
III. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
archaic : future
that hereafter ages may behold what ruin happened in revenge of him — Shakespeare