How do you pronounce hereafter?

The recorded pronunciation is /hɪɹˈæftɚ/.

hereafter

/hɪɹˈæftɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: here-af-ter
IPA: /hɪɹˈæftɚ/

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Meaning

adv

From now on.

adv

Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)

adv

In time to come; in some future time or state.

Dated

noun

A future existence or state.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Existence after death.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Future.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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."
"She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word."
"[…] when hereafter he from war shall come / And bring his Trojans peace and triumph […]"
"'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; / 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, / and intimates eternity to man."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: hēræfter

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /hɪɹˈæftɚ/
British English: /hɪəˈɹɑːftə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hereafters (alternative) hereafters (plural)

Phrases

sweet hereafter 1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form

Frequently Paired Words

— henceafter henceforth henceforward henceforwards hencefrom hereabout hereabouts

Synonyms

thereafter aftertime afterlife eternal life someday henceforth henceforward followed by then unborn

Rhymes With

after laughter thereafter rafter drafter ever after happily ever after hereinafter crafter grafter thereinafter