Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb From this time forth; from now on.
from The Century Dictionary.
- From this time forth; from now on: often with a pleonastic from.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb From this time forward; henceforward.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb formal From
now on; from thistime on.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bernie Ecclestone's highly controversial Olympic Games-style medals system has been formally approved for introduction into Formula 1 in 2010 - with the title henceforth set to be awarded to the driver who wins the most races over the course of the campaign.
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Bernie Ecclestone's highly controversial Olympic Games-style medals system has been formally approved for introduction into Formula 1 in 2010 - with the title henceforth set to be awarded to the driver who wins the most races over the course of the campaign.
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'Hours of Idleness' -- a title henceforth associated with Byron's early poems -- was printed and published by S. and J. Ridge of Newark, and was sold by the following London booksellers: Crosby and Co.
Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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* The USIS is known domestically as the United States Information Agency USIA, but for clarity and consistency will be referred to henceforth as USIS.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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* The USIS is known domestically as the United States Information Agency USIA, but for clarity and consistency will be referred to henceforth as USIS.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Should the boycotting of PG-13 horror begin henceforth?
Clive Barker Applauds ‘Hellraiser’ Remake, Declares War On PG-13 Horror » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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But instead of this, the subsequent films shift the emphasis radically away from the Matrix (which is never anything more than a set for agents and rebels to play in henceforth) to saving Zion and restoring the status quo of balance between machine and rebel.
Two Out of Two Anders Agree: Infoquake/MultiReal is Brilliant! Lou Anders 2008
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One of them suggested that henceforth (Whoever it was who said it, they did not use the word henceforth) they should only be known as Jala, as they had lost their Peno.
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But instead of this, the subsequent films shift the emphasis radically away from the Matrix (which is never anything more than a set for agents and rebels to play in henceforth) to saving Zion and restoring the status quo of balance between machine and rebel.
Archive 2008-09-01 Lou Anders 2008
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One of them suggested that henceforth (Whoever it was who said it, they did not use the word henceforth) they should only be known as Jala, as they had lost their Peno.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor Tocantins: Much Ado, in re: Nil 2009
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