thereafter
adverb
there·af·ter t͟her-ˈaf-tər 
1
: after that
2
archaic : according to that : accordingly
Synonyms
- after
- afterward
- afterwards
- later
- latterly
- subsequently
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Example Sentences
Thereafter, the two companies operated in full partnership. gave his farewell speech and left the room shortly thereafter
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Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2022 Delving even deeper into his acting range, Tate portrayed a high school senior who shuns college for a career in the Marines but ends up getting a rude awakening when he is shipped off to Vietnam shortly thereafter. Essence, 8 Sep. 2022 Deputies arrived within minutes of the call, and shortly thereafter the suspect returned to the scene and was detained. Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Sep. 2022 The new language bumps the buyout amount to $5 million through Jan. 31, 2023, reducing by $500,000 each year thereafter. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2022 The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King—soon thereafter, and during World War II sent early fragments of the saga to his son Christopher while the latter was stationed in South Africa. Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 Though Earl isn't expected to threaten the United States, its swells are expected to reach Bermuda by Wednesday night and the U.S. East Coast shortly thereafter. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022 For developments like Guardian House, the historic preservation tax credit cuts property taxes by 80% for five years and declines in 10% increments each year thereafter. Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2022 The seafood tower comes shortly thereafter, an arrangement of crab claws and oysters on a mountain of crushed ice, topped by a basin of dry ice, which drifts out from below a tureen of Dungeness crabmeat. Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022 See More
Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2022 Delving even deeper into his acting range, Tate portrayed a high school senior who shuns college for a career in the Marines but ends up getting a rude awakening when he is shipped off to Vietnam shortly thereafter. Essence, 8 Sep. 2022 Deputies arrived within minutes of the call, and shortly thereafter the suspect returned to the scene and was detained. Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Sep. 2022 The new language bumps the buyout amount to $5 million through Jan. 31, 2023, reducing by $500,000 each year thereafter. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2022 The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King—soon thereafter, and during World War II sent early fragments of the saga to his son Christopher while the latter was stationed in South Africa. Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 Though Earl isn't expected to threaten the United States, its swells are expected to reach Bermuda by Wednesday night and the U.S. East Coast shortly thereafter. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022 For developments like Guardian House, the historic preservation tax credit cuts property taxes by 80% for five years and declines in 10% increments each year thereafter. Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2022 The seafood tower comes shortly thereafter, an arrangement of crab claws and oysters on a mountain of crushed ice, topped by a basin of dry ice, which drifts out from below a tureen of Dungeness crabmeat. Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
thereafter
adverb
there·af·ter t͟her-ˈaf-tər
: after that
A policeman asked him why he was running. … Shortly thereafter, Stanley was arrested. Louis Sachar, Holes
Louis Sachar, Holesthereafter
adverb
as in later
following in time or place gave his farewell speech and left the room shortly thereafter Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- later
- after
- afterward
- subsequently
- afterwards
- soon
- latterly
- then
- next
- thereupon
- hereafter
- since
- hereinbelow
- presently
- infra
- by and by
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- before
- previously
- earlier
- beforehand
- ahead
- anteriorly
- formerly
- heretofore
- afore
- antecedently
- theretofore
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- crimson clover
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- crimson sage
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- crimson-fronted bullfinch
- crimsoned
- crimsoner
- crimsonest
- crimsoning
- crimsonner
- crimsonnest
- crimsons