heretofore

English

WOTD – 24 September 2011

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhɪətəˈfɔː/, /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː/, /ˌhɪətəˈfɔə/, /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪɹtəfɔɹ/, /ˈhɪɹtəfoɹ/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: here‧to‧fore

Adverb

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   We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.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 using this term, see Citations:heretofore.

Synonyms

• (prior to now): hitherto; see also Thesaurus:hitherto

Antonyms

• henceforth

Translations

up to the present time

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

• 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 also

Here-, there-, and where- words

• (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
• (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
• (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
• (again): thereagain
• (against): thereagainst, whereagainst
• (among): thereamong, whereamong
• (around): therearound
• (as): thereas, whereas
• (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
• (before): herebefore, therebefore
• (beside): therebeside
• (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
• (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
• (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
• (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
• (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