hereafter
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6.9
- adverb
- /ˈhɪrˌæftər/
- Literature
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- Most of the people of the civilized world believed in some kind of hereafter.
- life hereafter
Examples
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In discarding the possibility of a life hereafter, our values necessarily shift to this world.
Academic text (2002) -
"Near the end of her life, she waved aside a question about the afterlife, saying that she was too busy with the present to worry about the complexities of what is to come hereafter."
Academic text (2003) -
I trust that hereafter I may see your cities and learn of your customs.
Fiction book (1998) -
I wondered how hard their life would be hereafter.
Fiction book (1991) -
Well, if god almighty shall preserve my life, I may hereafter add many great things and much light to my art.
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My personal concern for gay people is for their physical, mental, and spiritual health on earth, and their eternal joy hereafter.
Blog text (4) -
A faith that centered only on beliefs and ritual, focused on the life hereafter while ignoring the here and now, missed the point.
Blog text (4) -
In the life hereafter.
Fiction book (1991) -
His love is yours—as fully in this life as it will be in the next life hereafter.
Blog text (8) -
Many cultures believe in a life that continues hereafter, beyond our earthly existence.
Synonyms
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5.1
A life people believe exists after a person dies
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8.6
A place people imagine where they go after they die
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8.4
A place or life people believe exists after death
A peaceful and pleasant life after death that gives comfort
A state with no beginning or end, like life after death
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hereafter comes from here + after, meaning 'after this'. So when people use it about life, it means 'in the life after this one', or what happens after death.