What does Thereafter mean?
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
British National Corpus
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Thereafter' in Adverbs Frequency: #354
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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
He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.
Since the appeal is ongoing and likely to be heard at the General Court in the near future we will not be able to participate in a public hearing on this topic as it could be detrimental to the proceedings at the Court and any potential appeals thereafter.
At 11 AM today when electricity power will be restored, small traders will see that stock market has come down so those fools will be tempted to buy more shares but they do not think that ihe price will go further down thereafter in the last hour today. Brokers like SBI securities and others will allow traders to buy shares but in the last minutes it disable their trading platform to not allow traders to sell at falling spree
I use the rap music to bring … youths to the church, thereafter, I bring them to Christ.
I did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter.
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