heretofore
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English heretoforn, equivalent to here (“here”) + toforn (“before”), from Old English tōforan (“before”). More at here, tofore.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhɪətəˈfɔː/, /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː/, /ˌhɪətəˈfɔə/, /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɪɹtəfɔɹ/, /ˈhɪɹtəfoɹ/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: here‧to‧fore
Adverb edit
heretofore (not comparable)
- (formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
- Synonyms: hitherto; see also Thesaurus:hitherto
- Antonyms: hereafter, henceforth
- We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:heretofore.
- 1948 September and October, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:
- The Permanent Way: Britain's Railroads in the Making. By Horace Greenleaf and G. Tyers. […] There is no doubt that the permanent way has failed heretofore to attract popular interest to an extent comparable with its importance, but possibly the publicity given recently to various forms of experiment is tending to change this.
- (metatextual) Previously within the present text; earlier herein.
- Synonym: hereinbefore
- Antonyms: hereafter, henceforth, hereinafter
- Coordinate term: hereinelsewhere
- heretofore referred to as
- heretofore mentioned
Translations edit
up to the present time
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See also edit
See also edit
- (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (again): thereagain
- (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
- (around): therearound, wherearound
- (as): thereas, whereas
- (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before): herebefore, therebefore
- (beside): therebeside
- (between): therebetween, wherebetween
- (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
- (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence): herehence, therehence
- (in): herein, therein, wherein
- (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
- (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
- (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
- (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
- (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal