whereafter

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/wɛəɹˈæftə(ɹ)//wɛəɹˈɑːftə(ɹ)//ʍɛəɹˈæftə(ɹ)//ʍɛəɹˈɑːftə(ɹ)/

adverb

After which time or event.

“It is a matter for it to determine whether to make such application, whereafter the Trial Chamber will determine whether the material is so admissible”

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adverbwhereafter (not comparable)
  1. formalnot comparableAfter which time or event.

    It is a matter for it to determine whether to make such application, whereafter the Trial Chamber will determine whether the material is so admissible

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Germanic*hwaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*hwar
  5. Proto-West Germanic*hwār
  6. Old Englishhwǣr
  7. Middle Englishwher
  8. Englishwhere
  9. Englishwhere-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
  13. Proto-Germanic*after
  14. Old Englishæfter
  15. Middle Englishafter
  16. Englishafter
  17. Englishwhereafter

From where- + after.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian след което
  • след коетоtranslation
Czech načež
  • načežtranslation
Dutch waarna
  • waarnatranslation
Finnish minkä jälkeen
  • minkä jälkeentranslation
French après quoi
  • après quoitranslation
German wonach, infolgedessen
  • wonachtranslation
  • infolgedessentranslation
  • seitdemtranslation
  • woraufhintranslation
  • worauftranslation
Hungarian miután
  • miutántranslation
Italian dopodiché
  • dopodichétranslation
Japanese それ以来
  • それ以来 (soreirai)translation
Korean 그때 이래, 그 이후
  • 그때 이래 (geuttae irae)translation
  • 그 이후 (geu ihu)translation
  • 그 이후로 (geu ihuro)translation
  • 그때 이후 (geuttae ihu)translation
Swedish varefter
  • vareftertranslation
Turkish -dan sonra
  • -dan sonratranslation
Cite this entry
APA

whereafter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whereafter

MLA

“whereafter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whereafter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whereafter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whereafter.

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