hereafter

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun life after death
  2. noun the time yet to come
  3. adverb in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.

Etymology

From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + after.

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Synonyms

afterlife

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