hereafters
hereafters is the alternative form of hereafter.
hereafters is the plural of hereafter.
Meaning of hereafter
Adverb
hereafter (not comparable)
- From now on.
- I WON'T give you any excuse hereafter for accusing me of neglecting to write. It is you that must take care that with all your leisure you keep up with me.1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order, volume 1 (hardcover), London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., page 4
- Synonyms:
- henceforth
- Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)
- Synonyms:
- followed by
- In time to come; in some future time or state.
- She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word.c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “Act V Scene V”, in Macbeth
- Synonyms:
- someday
Questions about hereafters
- What is hereafters the alternative form of?
- Hereafters is the alternative form of hereafter.
Words near hereafters in the dictionary
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