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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
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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
We were hoping that we would get the both the candidates, both products Moderna and Pfizer rolled out by the week of the 20th, it is conceivable that we will only have one of them out, but the other would likely follow soon thereafter.
I’ve always been curious about what makes people tick, what motivates behavior, and why we do the things we do, Aaron told me. After she completed graduate school at Columbia and went into marketing, she became what she calls a defacto translator between academia and the real world. I started my consulting practice shortly thereafter and continued to ‘translate’ psychological research into marketing and eventually business.
We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.
I did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter.
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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