THEREAFTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thereafter mean? 

• THEREAFTER (adverb)
  The adverb THEREAFTER has 1 sense:

1. from that time on

  Familiarity information: THEREAFTER used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEREAFTER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

From that time on

Synonyms:

thenceforth; thereafter

Context example:

thereafter he never called again

 Context examples 

He chuckled, and thereafter spoke no more.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I am particular about this man, because he made a particular effect on me at that time, and because of what took place thereafter.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Thereafter he walked very carefully, with his eyes on the road, and when he saw a tiny ant toiling by he would step over it, so as not to harm it.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

But it was her room—he had learned that; and thereafter he strayed there often, hiding under a dark tree on the opposite side of the street and smoking countless cigarettes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Thereafter they spoke no more, though their ears were keen for the hunting-cries that continued to rise behind them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Several times he fell down and was dragged in the traces, and once the sled ran upon him so that he limped thereafter in one of his hind legs.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It leads to death in utero or shortly thereafter.

(Hemobglobin Bart's Hydrops, NCI Thesaurus)

Investigators also obtained nasal and throat swabs from contacts at the start of the study and every few days for approximately two weeks thereafter to track whether they became infected with influenza virus.

(New study reveals a novel indicator of influenza immunity, National Institutes of Health)

And then, one day, without warning, the gulf between them was bridged for a moment, and thereafter, though the gulf remained, it was ever narrower.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And every day thereafter found him out and ranging a wider area.

(White Fang, by Jack London)