I realised how hard life was going to be for me hereafter.
2. adverb
In legal documents and in written English, hereafter is used to introduce information about an abbreviation that will be used in the rest of the text to refer to the person or thing just mentioned.
Michel Foucault (1972), The Archaeology of Knowledge; hereafter this text will beabbreviated as AK.
3. singular noun
Thehereafter is sometimes used to refer to the time after you have died, or to the life which some people believe you have after you have died.
...belief in the hereafter.
Hereafter is also an adjective.
...the life hereafter.
What a man does now has a bearing on what happens to him hereafter.
More Synonyms of hereafter
hereafter in British English
(ˌhɪərˈɑːftə)
adverb
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
noun
the hereafter
5.
life after death
6.
the future
hereafter in American English
(hɪrˈæftər)
adverb
1.
after this; from now on; in the future
2.
following this, esp. in a writing, book, etc.
3.
in the state or life after death
noun
4.
the future
5.
the state or life after death
Examples of 'hereafter' in a sentence
hereafter
And grant as an indulgent parent that we may hereafter continue to live a harmless and happy life and keep our self-respect.
Christianity Today (2000)
(adverb)
Definition
at some time in the future
Hereafter for three years my name will not appear at all.