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Definitions for thereafter
ˌðɛərˈæf tər, -ˈɑf-ther·e·after
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Princeton's WordNet
thereafter, thenceforthadverb
from that time on
"thereafter he never called again"
Wiktionary
thereafteradverb
After that.
He left; thereafter we never met again.
Etymology: ther + after, from þær + æfter
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thereafteradverb
According to that; accordingly.
Etymology: there and after.
When you can draw the head indifferent well, proportion the body thereafter. Henry Peacham.
If food were now before thee set,
Wou’dst thou not eat? thereafter as I like
The giver. John Milton.
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thereafter
"Thereafter" is an adverb primarily used in formal or literary language. It refers to the time after a particular event or action has occurred, suggesting a continuation or a sequence of events that follows the initial action. Essentially, it means 'after that', 'from that time on', 'subsequently' or 'in the future'.
Webster Dictionary
Thereafteradverb
after that; afterward
Thereafteradverb
according to that; accordingly
Thereafteradverb
of that sort
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Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'thereafter' in Adverbs Frequency: #354
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of thereafter in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of thereafter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of thereafter in a Sentence
However, we remain confident that, ultimately, Sheriff Hill will be completely exonerated, thereafter, the executive order will be moot, and the citizens of Clayton County will have Sheriff Hill, their duly elected sheriff, back in office.
He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.
I did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter.
We know that he couldn't contain his behavior, even in a public place like a restaurant, when we shortly thereafter find her strangled to death, it does suggest a kind of intimate type of homicide, domestic abuse, type of homicide between a couple -- and therefore certainly makes Brian Laundrie the main suspect.
We currently assume U.S. tight oil production troughs in the first half of 2017 and recovers thereafter in line with our assumption of improving prices.
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