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# thereafter

«thereafter» in Mova's school dictionary: **after that time, from then on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (thereafter)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thereafter means after that time, from then on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/#m1)

2) It is a formal word; in everyday speech people say «after that». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: marks time after an event, often a rule that holds from then on: «5 dollars each month thereafter» signals a change of rate. Stories and legal or formal writing: «They married and lived happily thereafter.»

### examples

- He paid 10 dollars the first month and 5 dollars each month thereafter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/#x1)
- The first hour costs 4 dollars and 2 dollars per hour thereafter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/#x2)
- She read 20 pages on day one and 10 pages a day thereafter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/#x3)
- The puppy cried the first night but slept well thereafter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/#x4)
- The bus comes at seven and every twenty minutes thereafter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/#x5)
- Shortly thereafter, the rain stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/#x6)
- The King gave the promise, and thereafter the Queen died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/#x7)

### note

Formal adverb. Signals a change of rate: first amount, then a different amount for each later part. Total = first amount + later rate × number of later parts. Trap: do not use the first rate for all parts, and do not count the first part twice.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thereafter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thereafter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.