Word.ws English Dictionary

herefor

UK/hɪəˈfɔː/

herefor adverb: for this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this.

Adverb

herefor (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete outside Scotland) For this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this.

Forms of herefor

alternative formherefore
alternative formherefor

Origin of herefor

From the Middle English hēr-for; equivalent to here + for; compare herefore, therefor, and wherefor, as well as the Danish herfor, the Dutch hiervoor, the German hierfür, and the Swedish härför.

Questions about herefor

What does herefor mean?
Herefor means for this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this.
What part of speech is herefor?
Herefor is an adverb.
How do you pronounce herefor?
Herefor is pronounced /hɪəˈfɔː/ (UK).

Words near herefor in the dictionary

  1. heredoluetic
  2. heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis
  3. heredosyphilis
  4. heredosyphilitic
  5. hereeniging
  6. herefor
  7. Hereford
  8. Hereford and Worcester
  9. Hereford disease
  10. Hereford Hall
  11. Herefords

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: herefor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “herefor.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/herefor. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.