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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

thereafter

/ˌðɛɹˈæf.tɚ/

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What does thereafter mean?

adverb

  1. After that time, from then on; thenceforth.
  2. After that (the thing aforementioned).

noun

  1. Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”).
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌðɛɹˈæf.tɚ/

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Winterbourne walked to the middle of the arena, to take a more general glance, intending thereafter to make a hasty retreat.
Henry JamesDaisy Miller: A StudyProject Gutenberg ebook #208
The masons immediately thereafter proceeded to bore the trenail-holes into the course below, and otherwise to complete the one in hand.
Robert Louis StevensonRecords of a Family of EngineersProject Gutenberg ebook #280
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The right to make purchases was thereafter, by general acquiescence of all political parties, within the powers of the Federal Government.
Edward Sylvester EllisThomas Jefferson, a Character SketchProject Gutenberg ebook #712
For a moment I was interested to see my person from the outside, but thereafter I was quite indifferent to the body.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
The landed proprietor, the purchaser or farmer of the communal lands, will alone thereafter sell, with his wheat and vegetables, milk and cheese.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444