Thereafter means after the event or date mentioned.
[formal]
Inflation will fall and thereafter so will interest rates.
It was the only time she had ever discouraged him and she regretted it thereafter.
Synonyms: after that, then, next, afterwards More Synonyms of thereafter
thereafter in British English
(ˌðɛərˈɑːftə)
adverb
from that time on or after that time
thereafter, he ceased to pay attention
thereafter in American English
(ðɛrˈæftər)
adverb
1.
after that; from then on; subsequently
2. Archaic
accordingly
Examples of 'thereafter' in a sentence
thereafter
British father and a non-British mother simply because they were not married to one another at the time of his birth or at any time thereafter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Shortly thereafter came his sudden rise to fame as an evangelist.
Christianity Today (2000)
And the one that followed shortly thereafter.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And it has to be productive for years thereafter to pay off the investment of men and money.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
The most common donation for each purchase is 0.25 per cent thereafter.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
At Cambridge he had taken up gliding and was a keen glider for many years thereafter.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
More often than not, vascular pain followed shortly thereafter.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For years thereafter this incident would be used by critics as a reminder of what could happen if public employees were given the right to strike.
Tompkins, Jonathan Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
Shortly thereafter the editor left.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Shortly thereafter Gulf withdrew its offer.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
If management and the union jointly agree on the size and composition of the bargaining unit, then a representation election occurs shortly thereafter.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,Functions
The current route may well boost the economy ahead of the election, but will store up the risk of a consumer bubble shortly thereafter.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He attended the first Festival in 1947 and rarely missed a year thereafter.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
Then, shortly thereafter, they threw him in the back of the same vehicle.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Shortly thereafter, the British land forces began to move forward.
Admiral Sandy Woodward, With Patrick Robinson ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)
It will keep 95 per cent of profits in the first two years and 100 per cent thereafter.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Buyers then pay only 1.75 per cent interest for the following five years and 3.75 per cent thereafter.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This will raise profits by about 1 million this year and more thereafter, which is not a bad return.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Almost 20 new courses are scheduled to open over the next three years and more thereafter, many of which will bear the names of top players.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
thereafter
British English: thereafter ADVERB
Thereafter means after the event or date mentioned.
Inflation will fall and thereafter so will interest rates.
American English: thereafter
Brazilian Portuguese: depois disso
Chinese: 其后
European Spanish: después
French: par la suiteN
German: danach
Italian: da allora in poi
Japanese: その後は
Korean: 그 후에
European Portuguese: depois disso
Latin American Spanish: después
Chinese translation of 'thereafter'
thereafter
(ðɛərˈɑːftəʳ) (frm)
adv
此后(後) (cǐhòu)
(adverb)
Definition
from that time onwards
Inflation will fall and thereafter so will interest rates.
Synonyms
after that
then
Add the oil and then the scallops.
next
I don't know what to do next.
afterwards
Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects.
subsequently
Subsequently the arrangement was terminated.
following that
Additional synonyms
in the sense of afterwards
Definition
later
Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects.