hereafter

[heer-af-ter, -ahf-]

here·af·ter

[heer-af-ter, -ahf-]
adverb
1.
after this in time or order; at some future time; farther along.
2.
in the time to follow; from now on: Hereafter I will not accept their calls.
3.
in the life or world to come.
noun
5.
a life or existence after death; the future beyond mortal existence.
6.
time to come; the future.

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Hereafter is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English hēræfter. See here, after
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hereafter (ˌhɪərˈɑːftə)
 
adv
1.  formal in a subsequent part of this document, matter, case, etc
2.  a less common word for henceforth
3.  at some time in the future
4.  in a future life after death
 
n
5.  life after death
6.  the future

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