Used in a Sentence

thereafter

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for thereafter.

Editorial note

If anything, the syntax is inspired by C, with Pascal-order type declarations (variable first, type thereafter).

Examples18
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

After that, from then on; thenceforth.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of thereafter gathered in one view.

adverb

After that, from then on; thenceforth.

noun

(uncommon) Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”).

noun

(poetic, uncommon) Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for thereafter.

adverb

After that, from then on; thenceforth.

noun

(uncommon) Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”).

noun

(poetic, uncommon) Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”).

Example sentences

1

If anything, the syntax is inspired by C, with Pascal-order type declarations (variable first, type thereafter).

2

If you can't remember the key sequence to start the terminal, install an icon once and click on that thereafter.

3

The first line of the git commit message is the commit subject line, and everything thereafter is the commit body.

4

After all productivity and thereafter maintainability is really what is most important when building a product.

5

Typically sugar leaves people feeling a lot less full, which leads to craving more, and comes with an energy crash shortly thereafter.

6

Hey, just saw your response a few minutes ago, and shortly thereafter I received a message from your service.

7

Most people do this only once, and thereafter thaw the turkey before frying.

8

It breaks even at 5x5 or so and gets dramatically better shortly thereafter.

9

I've seen awful products/implementations go out the door and get killed or reimplemented soon thereafter.

10

IE dominated the market shortly thereafter, but such a dramatic change in marketshare was possible only because Netscape was not a serious competitor at the time.

11

BUT you have to prescale that cluster manually thereafter.

12

So pitching as a solo always makes me nervous that I'll be immediately discounted even if I could bring in a partner shortly thereafter.

Quote examples

1

My first thought was "Hey this is HN, and that's exactly what PCA is for!" Followed shortly thereafter by "I wonder where you get/how you generate a dataset of the vital signs of drowning children..."

2

He successfully manoeuvred the exit from Malaya and 2 years-early British exit, kept the communist agents from Maoist China at bay via both pretending to act in their interest in the election (as the "safe" socialist candidate that could be the face of the Party) and by systematically exiling them thereafter.

3

Thus, when the 1202 showed up during the actual descent, the controller was able to say, "We're Go on that alarm," and when the 1201 happened shortly thereafter, he could say, "It's a Go--same type--we're still Go." Shortly thereafter, history was made...not just because the MIT programmers had done their job well, but because the flight control team in Houston had also done their job well.

Proper noun examples

1

Thereafter, well, a lot of the worse aspects of 4chan and Reddit were pioneered on usenet.

2

Thereafter almost immediately took a job with the company who benefited from this incompetence (apparently under the guise Zimmerman rather than being totally incompetent is an expert); and 4.

3

Thereafter unreliable parchments were destroyed.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use thereafter in a sentence?

If anything, the syntax is inspired by C, with Pascal-order type declarations (variable first, type thereafter).

What does thereafter mean?

After that, from then on; thenceforth.

What part of speech is thereafter?

thereafter is commonly used as adverb, noun.