heretofore

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EnglishEdit

WOTD – 24 September 2011

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English heretoforn, equivalent to here (“here”) + toforn (“before”), from Old English toforan (“before”). More at here, tofore.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhɪətəˈfɔː/, /ˌhɪətuˈfɔː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪɹtəfɔɹ/, /ˈhɪɹtəfoɹ/

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AdverbEdit

heretofore (not comparable)

1. (formal) Prior to now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.

   We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.

   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:heretofore.

SynonymsEdit

• (prior to now): hitherto

AntonymsEdit

• henceforth

TranslationsEdit

up to the present time

• Arabic: حَتَّى الْآن‎‎ (ḥattā l-ʾān)
• Bulgarian: досега (bg) (dosegá)
• Catalan: fins ara
• Czech: dosud (cs)
• Dutch: hiertevoren
• Finnish: tähän asti (fi), tähän saakka, aiemmin (fi), ennen (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} jusqu'alors , ^{(please verify)} avant ceci, jusqu'ici (fr)
• German: bislang (de)
• Italian: prima d'ora
• Japanese: これまで ((kore-made))

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hittil (no)

  Nynorsk: hittil

• Portuguese: até agora
• Russian: пре́жде (ru) (préžde), до этого (do etovo), ра́ньше (ru) (ránʹše), (archaic) досе́ле (ru) (doséle), (archaic) доны́не (ru) (donýne)
• Serbo-Croatian: sve do sada
• Spanish: anteriormente (es), previamente (es), hasta la fecha, hasta ahora
• Swedish: hittills (sv), tidigare (sv)
• Turkish: şimdiye kadar

See alsoEdit

• (‘here-’ words) here; hereabout, hereabouts, hereafter, hereat, herebefore, hereby, herefore, herefrom, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunder, hereunto, hereupon, herewith, herewithal
• (‘there-’ words) there; thereabout, thereabouts, thereafter, thereagain, thereagainst, thereamong, therearound, thereas, thereat, therebefore, therebeside, thereby, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinafter, thereinbefore, thereinto, thereof, thereon, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal
• (‘where-’ words) where; whereabout, whereabouts, whereafter, whereagainst, whereamong, whereas, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinafter, whereinbefore, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, wheretofore, whereunder, whereunto, whereupon, wherewith, wherewithal