heretofore
Syllables: here·to·foreUK/ˌhɪətəˈfɔː//ˈhɪɹtəfɔɹ/
heretofore adverb: before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
Adverb
heretofore (not comparable)
- Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
- We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.
- He had more liberty now than he'd known heretofore.
- Synonyms:
- hitherto, as yet, as of yet, erenow, herebefore, hereto, heretoforetime, hereunto, hereuntofore, hithertofore
- Antonyms:
- hereafter, henceforth
- Previously within the present text; earlier herein.
- heretofore referred to as
- heretofore mentioned
- Synonyms:
- hereinabove, hereabove, hereinbefore, herebefore
- Antonyms:
- hereinafter, hereinunder, hereafter, hereunder, hereforth, henceforth
heretofore meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic
heretofore in Urdu
- heretofore
- اب سے پہلے ab se pahle
- heretofore, hitherto
- اب تک ab tak
heretofore in Malayalam
- heretofore
- പണ്ട് paṇṭŭ
heretofore in Arabic
- up to the present time
- حَتَّى الْآن ḥattā l-ʔān, حتّى اللحظة الراهنة
Examples of heretofore in a sentence
- Fires which have heretofore been one‐alarm skirmishes are now multialarm small wars.
- The scatological proletarianisms of Don Jonz reflect poorly on your heretofore high level of editorial standards.
- Heretofore advertisers have had to buy and pay for a leaf — two pages.
Synonyms of heretofore
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Antonyms
Origin of heretofore
From Middle English heretoforn, equivalent to here (“here”) + toforn (“before”), from Old English tōforan (“before”). More at here, tofore.
Questions about heretofore
- What does heretofore mean?
- Heretofore means before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
- What is heretofore in Urdu?
- Heretofore in Urdu is اب سے پہلے (ab se pahle), اب تک (ab tak). See Heretofore meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is heretofore?
- Heretofore is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce heretofore?
- Heretofore is pronounced /ˌhɪətəˈfɔː/ (UK).
Words near heretofore in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: heretofore (page history and authors); اب تک (Urdu) (page history and authors); പണ്ട് (Malayalam) (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.
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