henceforth

English

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^(key): /hɛnsˈfɔɹθ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ

Adverb

henceforth (not comparable)

2. (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!

   • 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]:

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

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

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

4. (in metatextual self-reference) Further within this document.

   Synonyms: hereforth, hereinafter, hereinunder, hereafter, hereunder

   Antonyms: hereinabove, hereabove, hereinbefore, heretofore, herebefore

   Hypernym: hereinelsewhere

Translations

from now on

Arabic: (please verify) من الآن فصاعدًا Armenian: այսուհետեւ (hy) (aysuhetew) Bulgarian: занапре́д (bg) (zanapréd) Catalan: d'ara endavant (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 從此 / 从此 (zh) (cóngcǐ), 從此以後 / 从此以后 (cóngcǐ yǐhòu), 此後 / 此后 (zh) (cǐhòu), 今後 / 今后 (zh) (jīnhòu) Czech: nadále (cs) Danish: fra nu af (da), for fremtiden, fremover Dutch: voortaan (nl), vanaf (nl) nu (nl) Finnish: vastedes (fi), tästä lähin (fi), tästedes (fi) French: dorénavant (fr), désormais (fr) Georgian: ამიერიდან (amieridan), აწინ (ac̣in), ამის შემდეგ (amis šemdeg), ამ დროიდან (am droidan) German: künftig (de), fürderhin (de), hinfort (de), fortan (de) Greek: εφεξής (el) (efexís) Hungarian: ezentúl (hu), mostantól kezdve, mostantól fogva (hu), ettől fogva, a továbbiakban, a későbbiekben, az elkövetkezőkben Icelandic: héðan í frá, upp frá þessu Irish: uaidh seo amach Italian: d’ora in poi, d’ora in avanti Japanese: 今後 (ja) (こんご, kongo), これ以後 (これいご, kore-igo) Korean: 이제부터는 (ijebuteoneun) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: لەمەودوا (lemewdwa) Latin: posthac, dehinc, amodo Macedonian: о́тсега (ótsega) Maori: ā muri ake nei, anāianei Old English: heonan forþ Persian: از حالاً (az hâlan), من بعد (fa) (men ba'd) Portuguese: doravante (pt), de agora em diante (pt) Russian: отны́не (ru) (otnýne), впредь (ru) (vpredʹ), в дальне́йшем (ru) (v dalʹnéjšem), с э́тих пор (s étix por) Sanskrit: इतःपरम् (itaḥparam), इतः परम् (itaḥ param), प्राञ्च् (sa) (prāñc), अतस् (sa) (atas) Scottish Gaelic: à seo suas Spanish: en adelante Swahili: tokea sasa Swedish: hädanefter (sv) Tagalog: mulâ ngayón Tamil: இனி (ta) (iṉi), இனிமேல் (ta) (iṉimēl) Turkish: bundan böyle (tr), artık (tr), şu andan itibaren Ukrainian: відтепе́р (vidtepér), відни́ні (vidnýni), в пода́льшому (v podálʹšomu)

further within this document

Russian: здесь и да́лее (zdesʹ i dáleje)

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

• (about) hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
• (abouts) hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
• (above) hereabove, thereabove, whereabove
• (across) thereacross, whereacross
• (after) hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
• (against) hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
• (again) thereagain
• (along) herealong, therealong, wherealong
• (amidst) thereamidst
• (amid) thereamid
• (among) hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
• (amongst) thereamongst, whereamongst
• (anent) hereanent, thereanent, whereanent
• (around) therearound, wherearound
• (as) thereas, whereas
• (at) hereat, thereat, whereat
• (atop) thereatop
• (away) hereaway, thereaway, whereaway
• (before) herebefore, therebefore, wherebefore
• (behind) therebehind, wherebehind
• (below) herebelow, therebelow, wherebelow
• (beneath) herebeneath, therebeneath
• (beside) therebeside
• (between) therebetween, wherebetween
• (betwixt) therebetwixt
• (beyond) herebeyond, therebeyond
• (by) hereby, thereby, whereby
• (ever) herever, therever, wherever
• (fore) herefore, therefore, wherefore
• (for) herefor, therefor, wherefor
• (forth) hereforth
• (from) herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
• (hence) herehence, therehence
• (in above) hereinabove, thereinabove
• (in after) hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
• (in before) hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
• (in below) hereinbelow, thereinbelow
• (in elsewhere) hereinelsewhere
• (in) herein, therein, wherein
• (in soever) whereinsoever
• (into) hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
• (in under) hereinunder, thereinunder
• (in which) whereinwhich
• (mid) theremid
• (of) hereof, thereof, whereof
• (on) hereon, thereon, whereon
• (onto) hereonto, thereonto, whereonto
• (out) hereout, thereout, whereout
• (outside) thereoutside
• (over) hereover, thereover, whereover
• (soever) wheresoever
• (somever) wheresomever
• (so) whereso
• (throughout) therethroughout
• (through) therethrough, wherethrough
• (tofore) heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
• (to) hereto, thereto, whereto
• (toward) heretoward, theretoward, wheretoward
• (towards) theretowards, wheretowards
• (under) hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
• (until) thereuntil, whereuntil
• (unto) hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
• (upon) hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
• (up) thereup, whereup
• (withal) herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
• (with) herewith, therewith, wherewith
• (within) herewithin, therewithin, wherewithin
• (without) herewithout, therewithout, wherewithout

Pronominal adverbs

																																																															about	abouts	above	across	after	afters	again	against	along	among	amongst	anent1	around	as	at	away	beit	before	beside	between	beyond	by	ever	for	fore	forth	forward	forwards	from	hence	inabove	inafter	inbefore	inbelow	inelsewhere	insoever	into	inunder	mid2	of	on	out	over	so	soever	somedever3	somever3	through	throughout	to	tofore	unto	up	upon	ward	wards	-wise	with	withal	within	without
																																																														hence	—	—	—	—	henceafter	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	henceforth	henceforward	henceforwards	hencefrom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
																																																														here	hereabout	hereabouts	hereabove	—	hereafter	hereafters	—	hereagainst	—	hereamong		hereanent	—	—	hereat	hereaway	—	herebefore	—	—	—	hereby	—	herefor	herefore	hereforth	hereforward	hereforwards	herefrom	herehence	hereinabove	hereinafter	hereinbefore	hereinbelow	hereinelsewhere	hereinsoever	hereinto	hereinunder	heremid	hereof	hereon	hereout	hereover	—	—	—	—	herethrough	herethroughout	hereto	heretofore	hereunto	—	hereupon	—	—	—	herewith	herewithal	herewithin	herewithout
																																																														hither	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	hitherto	—	hitherunto	—	—	hitherward	hitherwards	—	—	—	—	—
																																																														how	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	howbeit	—	—	—	—	—	however	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	howso	howsoever	howsomedever	howsomever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
																																																														that	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	thataway	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	thatwise	—	—	—	—
																																																														thence	—	—	—	—	thenceafter	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	thenceforth	thenceforward	thenceforwards	thencefrom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	thenceout	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
																																																														there	thereabout	thereabouts	thereabove	thereacross	thereafter	thereafters	thereagain	thereagainst	therealong	thereamong	thereamongst	thereanent	therearound	—	thereat	thereaway	—	therebefore	therebeside	therebetween	therebeyond	thereby	therever	therefor	therefore	thereforth	—	—	therefrom	therehence	thereinabove	thereinafter	thereinbefore	thereinbelow	—	—	thereinto	thereinunder	theremid	thereof	thereon	thereout	thereover	—	theresoever	—	—	therethrough	therethroughout	thereto	theretofore	thereunto	thereup	thereupon	—	—	—	therewith	therewithal	therewithin	therewithout
																																																														this	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	thisaway	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	thiswise	—	—	—	—
																																																														thither	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	thitherinsoever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	thitherto	—	—	—	—	thitherward	thitherwards	—	—	—	—	—
																																																														what	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whatever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whatso	whatsoever	whatsomedever	whatsomever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whatwise	—	—	—	—
																																																														when	whenabout	whenabouts	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whenas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whenever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whenso	whensoever	—	whensomever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
																																																														whence	—	—	—	—	whenceafter	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whencever	—	—	whenceforth	whenceforward	—	whencefrom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whenceward	whencewards	—	—	—	—	—
																																																														where	whereabout	whereabouts	whereabove	—	whereafter	whereafters	—	whereagainst	wherealong	whereamong	whereamongst	whereanent	wherearound	whereas	whereat	whereaway	—	wherebefore	wherebeside	wherebetween	wherebeyond	whereby	wherever	wherefor	wherefore	whereforth	—	—	wherefrom	wherehence	whereinabove	whereinafter	whereinbefore	whereinbelow	—	whereinsoever	whereinto	whereinunder	wheremid	whereof	whereon	whereout	whereover	whereso	wheresoever	—	wheresomever	wherethrough	wherethroughout	whereto	wheretofore	whereunto	whereup	whereupon	—	—	—	wherewith	wherewithal	wherewithin	wherewithout
whither	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whitherever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whitherinsoever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whitherso	—	—	—	—	—	whitherto	whithertofore	—	—	—	whitherward	whitherwards	—	—	—	—	—
why	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whyever	whyfor	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	whyso	whysoever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1. Scottish 2. from Middle English mid 3. old dialectal form