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Adverb

henceforth (not comparable)

  • (formal, temporal) From now on; from this time on.
    • ✤ Synonyms: from now on, henceforward, hereafter; see also Thesaurus: henceforth
    • ✤ Antonyms: up to now, hitherto
    • ✤ I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!
    • ✤ My thanes and kinsmen,/Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland/In such an honour named1
    • ✤ * *Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth…Vader.**2
  • (in metatextual self-reference) Further within this document.
    • ✤ Synonyms: hereforth, hereinafter, hereinunder, hereafter, hereunder
    • ✤ Antonyms: hereinabove, hereabove, hereinbefore, heretofore, herebefore
    • ✤ Hypernym: hereinelsewhere

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɛnsˈfɔɹθ/
  • Audio (US): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

  1. 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]: ↩

  2. 2005, George Lucas, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: ↩

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