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Added 9 October 2026

thereafter

/ˌðɛəɹˈɑːf.tə(ɹ)/ adverb

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In Latin: deinde Wiktionary

adverb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about thereafter at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. After that time, from then on; thenceforth.
    He left; thereafter we never met again.
  2. After that (the thing aforementioned).
    The little dog was off like a shot, and the children went running thereafter.

noun

  1. Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”).
  2. Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”).

Origin

From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þǣræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there + after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”).

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Related Words: thenceforthhenceforththereuponsincelatereventuallyafterwardsafterthenhereaftersubsequentlysubsequent

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