thereafter

Meaning

Adv

After that, from then on; thenceforth.

Noun

1. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”).
2. (countable, poetic, uncommon, uncountable) Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”).

Synonyms

then

afterwards

after that

subsequently

after

thereupon

thenceforth

additionally

and

and so

hereafter

accordingly

after it

later

since

from that time on

ever since

in the future

followed by

later on

ad loc.

consequently

beyond that

thence

as from

afterward

thither

where

after this

afer that

thor

on and after

after doing that

following

from now on

henceforth

Translations

danach

vervolgens

después

après

dopo

daarna

ensuite

daarop

sonra

puis

luego

έπειτα

depois

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌðɛəɹˈɑːf.tə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: therafter

Inherited from Old English: þǣræfter

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: deerätter

Cognate with Western Frisian: dêrefter

Cognate with Dutch: daarachter

Cognate with Danish: derefter

Cognate with Swedish: därefter

In summary

From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þǣræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there + after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”).

Sentences

Soon thereafter Ritter discovered the process of electroplating .