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Hereafter vs. Hereinafter
Hereafter
/ˌhɪərˈɑːftə/Examples:
We shall discuss the terms of the contract hereafter.Hereafter, all meetings will be held in the main hall.The policy changes will take effect hereafter.
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Hereinafter
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Hereinafter, the party referred to as 'Seller' agrees to these terms.All details hereinafter specified are binding for both parties.The contract will hereinafter be known as the '2023 Agreement.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Hereafter usually indicates something that will occur in the future, such as events following a certain point in time.
- Hereinafter is a term often used in legal or formal documents to refer to something that will be mentioned later in the same text.
- Remember hereafter as a continuation of time, as in after this point in time or in the time to come.
- Think of hereinafter as a bookmark in a document, like saying from now on in this document.
- Hereafter can have a broader, more temporal usage, while hereinafter is specifically related to texts.
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