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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.
4. hereinafter.
–noun
5. a life or existence after death; the future beyond mortal existence.
6. time to come; the future.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE hēræfter. See here, after
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here·af·ter   (hîr-āf'tər)   
adv.  
  1. Immediately following this in time, order, or place; after this.

  2. In a future time or state: hope to win salvation hereafter.

n.  The afterlife: belief in a hereafter.
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