henceforth

H4E1N1C3E1F4O1R1T1H4
/hɛnsˈfɔɹθ/

adverb

From now on; from this time on.

“I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!”

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from now onhenceforwardhereafterhereforthhereinafterhereinunderhereunderanymore
Opposite
up to nowhithertohereinabovehereabovehereinbefore
OriginMiddle English hennes forth ← Old English heonan forþ →
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Meanings

adverbhenceforth (not comparable)
  1. formalnot comparabletemporalFrom now on; from this time on.

    I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!

    2 more examples

    My thanes and kinsmen,/Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland /In such an honour named

    c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]

    Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth...Vader.

    2005, George Lucas, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

    Synonyms: from now on, henceforward, hereafter · Antonyms: up to now, hitherto

  2. not comparableFurther within this document.

    Synonyms: hereforth, hereinafter, hereinunder, hereafter, hereunder · Antonyms: hereinabove, hereabove, hereinbefore, heretofore, herebefore

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbFrom now on; from this time on.

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from now onhenceforwardhereafter
Opposite
up to nowhitherto

adverbFurther within this document.

Similar
hereforthhereinafterhereinunderhereafterhereunder
Opposite
hereinabovehereabovehereinbeforeheretoforeherebefore
Similar
anymoreany moreas of nowgoing forwardhenceforwardsin futurein the futuremoving forward
Broader
subsequently

More synonyms by meaning

adverbfrom this time forth; from now on

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henceforward
Also see
any morefrom now onhenceforwardhereafterhereforthhereinafterhereinunderhereunder

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishheonan forþ
  2. Middle Englishhennes forth
  3. Englishhenceforth

From Middle English hennes forth, hens-forþ, hennes-forþ, from modification of Old English heonan forþ with an adverbial genitive suffix. By surface analysis, hence (“from here”) + forth (“forward”).

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Translations

Bulgarian занапре́д
  • занапре́д (zanapréd)from now on
Catalan d'ara endavant
  • d'ara endavantfrom now on
Chinese Mandarin 從此 /从此, 從此以後 /从此以后
  • 從此 /从此 (cóngcǐ)from now on
  • 從此以後 /从此以后 (cóngcǐ yǐhòu)from now on
  • 此後 /此后 (cǐhòu)from now on
  • 今後 /今后 (jīnhòu)from now on
Czech nadále, dále (jen)
  • nadálefrom now on
  • dále (jen)further within this document
Danish fra nu af, for fremtiden
  • fra nu affrom now on
  • for fremtidenfrom now on
  • fremoverfrom now on
Dutch voortaan, vanaf nu
  • voortaanfrom now on
  • vanaf nufrom now on
Finnish vastedes, tästä lähin
  • vastedesfrom now on
  • tästä lähinfrom now on
  • tästedesfrom now on
French dorénavant, désormais
  • dorénavantfrom now on
  • désormaisfrom now on
German künftig, fürderhin
  • künftigfrom now on
  • fürderhinfrom now on
  • hinfortfrom now on
  • fortanfrom now on
Greek εφεξής
  • εφεξής (efexís)from now on
Hungarian ezentúl, mostantól kezdve
  • ezentúlfrom now on
  • mostantól kezdvefrom now on
  • mostantól fogvafrom now on
  • ettől fogvafrom now on
  • a továbbiakbanfrom now on
  • a későbbiekbenfrom now on
  • az elkövetkezőkbenfrom now on
Icelandic héðan í frá, upp frá þessu
  • héðan í fráfrom now on
  • upp frá þessufrom now on
Irish uaidh seo amach
  • uaidh seo amachfrom now on
Italian d’ora in poi, d’ora in avanti
  • d’ora in poifrom now on
  • d’ora in avantifrom now on
Japanese 今後, これ以後
  • 今後 (kongo)from now on
  • これ以後 (kore-igo)from now on
Korean 이제부터는
  • 이제부터는 (ijebuteoneun)from now on
Latin posthac, dehinc
  • posthacfrom now on
  • dehincfrom now on
  • amodofrom now on
Māori ā muri ake nei, anāianei
  • ā muri ake neifrom now on
  • anāianeifrom now on
Persian از حالاً, من بعد
  • از حالاً (az hâlan)from now on
  • من بعد (men ba'd)from now on
Portuguese doravante, de agora em diante
  • doravantefrom now on
  • de agora em diantefrom now on
Russian отны́не, впредь
  • отны́не (otnýne)from now on
  • впредь (vpredʹ)from now on
  • в дальне́йшем (v dalʹnéjšem)from now on
  • с э́тих пор (s étix por)from now on
  • здесь и да́лее (zdesʹ i dáleje)further within this document
Scottish Gaelic à seo suas
  • à seo suasfrom now on
Spanish en adelante, de ahora en adelante
  • en adelantefrom now on
  • de ahora en adelantefrom now on
  • a partir de ahorafrom now on
  • desde ahorafrom now on
  • de aquí en adelantefrom now on
Swahili tokea sasa
  • tokea sasafrom now on
Swedish hädanefter
  • hädanefterfrom now on
Tagalog mulâ ngayón
  • mulâ ngayónfrom now on
Tamil இனி, இனிமேல்
  • இனி (iṉi)from now on
  • இனிமேல் (iṉimēl)from now on
Turkish bundan böyle, artık
  • bundan böylefrom now on
  • artıkfrom now on
  • şu andan itibarenfrom now on
Ukrainian відтепе́р, відни́ні
  • відтепе́р (vidtepér)from now on
  • відни́ні (vidnýni)from now on
  • в пода́льшому (v podálʹšomu)from now on

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with henceforth

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APA

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Chicago

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