heretofore

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

• Audio (US)

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   We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.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

Synonyms

• (prior to now): hitherto

Antonyms

• henceforth

Translations

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 also

Here-, there- and where- words

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