different between thereafter vs thenceforth

English

Etymology

From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þ?ræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there +? after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ðe???æf.t?(?)/, (trap-bath split) /?ðe?????f.t?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ð????æf.t?/

Adverb

thereafter (not comparable)

1. After that, from then on; thenceforth.

   He left; thereafter we never met again.

Coordinate terms

• afterward

Translations

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English

Etymology

From Middle English thennesforth, equivalent to thence +? forth.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ð?ns?f???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ð?ns?f????/

Adverb

thenceforth (not comparable)

1. From that time on.
   • 1774 — First Continental Congress, The Articles of Association

     ...to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British-America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her.

   • 1927-1929 — Mahatma Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, "Nirbal Ke Bala Rama", translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai

     I decided to act thenceforth with great caution; not to leave the house, but somehow leave Portsmouth.

   • 1994 — Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (12 Feb)

     Here his hand trembled as he set his pen to the proclamation that declared slaves thenceforth and forever free.

Synonyms

• (from that time on): thenceforward, thenceforwards

Related terms

• henceforth
• thence

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