"herefore" meaning in English

See herefore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈhɪəfɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-herefore.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-herefore.wav [General-American] Forms: herfor [alternative], heerefore [alternative], heerfoer [alternative], herefore [alternative]
enPR: hîrʹfôr [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From the Middle English hēr-for; equivalent to here + for; compare herefor, therefore, and wherefore, as well as the Danish herfor, the Dutch hiervoor, the German hierfür, and the Swedish härför. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|her-for|hēr-for}} Middle English hēr-for, {{compound|en|here|for|nocat=1}} here + for, {{cog|da|herfor}} Danish herfor, {{cog|nl|hiervoor}} Dutch hiervoor, {{cog|de|hierfür}} German hierfür, {{cog|sv|härför}} Swedish härför Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} herefore (not comparable)
  1. (now formal) For this reason; on this account; therefore. Tags: formal, not-comparable Translations (for this reason, on this account): hiervoor (Dutch), täten (Finnish), härför (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-herefore-en-adv-8ZnrmC-X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'for this reason, on this account': 99 1
  2. Obsolete spelling of herefor. Tags: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Alternative form of: herefor
    Sense id: en-herefore-en-adv-Zui-EVvg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: —, hereabout, thereabout, whenabout, whereabout, hereabouts, thereabouts, whenabouts, whereabouts, hereabove, thereabove, whereabove, thereacross, henceafter, hereafter, thenceafter, thereafter, whenceafter, whereafter, hereafters, thereafters, whereafters, thereagain, hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst, therealong, wherealong, hereamong, thereamong, whereamong, thereamongst, whereamongst, hereanent, thereanent, whereanent, therearound, wherearound, whenas, whereas, hereat, thereat, whereat, hereaway, thataway, thereaway, thisaway, whereaway, howbeit, herebefore, therebefore, wherebefore, therebeside, wherebeside, therebetween, wherebetween, therebeyond, wherebeyond, hereby, thereby, whereby, however, therever, whatever, whenever, whencever, wherever, whitherever, whyever, herefor, therefor, wherefor, whyfor, therefore, wherefore, henceforth, hereforth, thenceforth, thereforth, whenceforth, whereforth, henceforward, hereforward, thenceforward, whenceforward, henceforwards, hereforwards, thenceforwards, hencefrom, herefrom, thencefrom, therefrom, whencefrom, wherefrom, herehence, therehence, wherehence, hereinabove, thereinabove, whereinabove, hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter, hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore, hereinbelow, thereinbelow, whereinbelow, hereinelsewhere, hereinsoever, thitherinsoever, whereinsoever, whitherinsoever, hereinto, thereinto, whereinto, hereinunder, thereinunder, whereinunder, heremid, theremid, wheremid, hereof, thereof, whereof, hereon, thereon, whereon, hereout, thenceout, thereout, whereout, hereover, thereover, whereover, howso, whatso, whenso, whereso, whitherso, whyso, howsoever, theresoever, whatsoever, whensoever, wheresoever, whysoever, howsomedever, whatsomedever, howsomever, whatsomever, whensomever, wheresomever, herethrough, therethrough, wherethrough, herethroughout, therethroughout, wherethroughout, hereto, hitherto, thereto, thitherto, whereto, whitherto, heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore, whithertofore, hereunto, hitherunto, thereunto, whereunto, thereup, whereup, hereupon, thereupon, whereupon, hitherward, thitherward, whenceward, whitherward, hitherwards, thitherwards, whencewards, whitherwards, thatwise, thiswise, whatwise, herewith, therewith, wherewith, herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal, herewithin, therewithin, wherewithin, herewithout, therewithout, wherewithout

Alternative forms

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      "for",
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    [
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    [
      "therefore",
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    [
      "wherefore",
      "wherefore#English"
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    ],
    [
      "hiervoor",
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    ],
    [
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