Word
henceforth
Phoneticshence·forth, stress on the first syllable
US/ˈhɛnsˈfɔɹθ/
UK/hˈɛnsfɔːθ/
Adverb of time
Definitions
01from now on
C1 · Advanced Formal
adv. starting from this time and continuing into the future.
adv. from this time forward; used to establish a new rule, name, or condition that applies from the present moment onwards.
“The company announced that henceforth all staff meetings will be held online.”
“The board of directors decreed that henceforth all capital expenditures exceeding ten thousand dollars must receive prior written approval from the treasury.”
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02later in a document
C1 · Advanced Law Formal · Technical
adv. used in legal papers to say that a person or company will be called by a shorter name later in the text.
adv. used within legal or technical documents to introduce a shortened term or alias that will be used in the subsequent text.
“The Global Trade Corporation, henceforth referred to as 'the Company', agrees to these terms.”
“The contract specifies that the primary contractor, henceforth known as 'the Provider', shall be liable for any delays caused by subcontractors.”
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Verb
01. henceforth refer
“The document will henceforth refer to the two parties as the 'Buyer' and the 'Seller'.”
adv + verb
Real-World Examples
“Henceforth it would cease to be called “artificial” (“it makes it sound fake – and it’s not fake”) and would be called “super intelligence” in all US government documents.” 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”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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