"heretofore" meaning in English

See heretofore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˌhɪətəˈfɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhɪətəˈfɔə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɪɹtəfɔɹ/ [General-American], /ˈhɪɹtəfoɹ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-heretofore.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Middle English heretoforn, equivalent to here (“here”) + toforn (“before”), from Old English tōforan (“before”). More at here, tofore. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heretoforn}} Middle English heretoforn, {{m|enm|here||here}} here (“here”), {{m|enm|toforn||before}} toforn (“before”), {{inh|en|ang|tōforan||before}} Old English tōforan (“before”), {{l|en|here}} here, {{l|en|tofore}} tofore Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} heretofore (not comparable)
  1. (formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point. Tags: formal, not-comparable, temporal Categories (topical): Past Synonyms: hitherto, hitherto Translations (up to the present time): حَتَّى الْآن (ḥattā l-ʔān) (Arabic), досега́ (dosegá) (Bulgarian), fins ara (Catalan), dosud (Czech), hiertevoren (Dutch), tähän asti (Finnish), tähän saakka (Finnish), aiemmin (Finnish), ennen (Finnish), jusqu’alors (French), jusqu’ici (French), bislang (German), vordem (German), prima d'ora (Italian), これまで (koremade) (Japanese), hittil (Norwegian Bokmål), hittil (Norwegian Nynorsk), até agora (Portuguese), пре́жде (préžde) (Russian), до этого (do etovo) (Russian), ра́ньше (ránʹše) (Russian), досе́ле (doséle) [archaic] (Russian), доны́не (donýne) [archaic] (Russian), sve do sada (Serbo-Croatian), anteriormente (Spanish), previamente (Spanish), hasta la fecha (Spanish), hasta ahora (Spanish), hittills (Swedish), tidigare (Swedish), şimdiye kadar (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-heretofore-en-adv-en:temporal Disambiguation of Past: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Related terms (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts Related terms (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter Related terms (again): thereagain Related terms (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst Related terms (before): herebefore, therebefore Related terms (beside): therebeside Related terms (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom Related terms (hence): herehence, therehence Related terms (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter Related terms (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore Related terms (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto Related terms (tofore): theretofore, wheretofore Related terms (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto Related terms (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon Related terms (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal Disambiguation of 'abouts': 65 35 Disambiguation of 'after': 67 33 Disambiguation of 'again': 65 35 Disambiguation of 'against': 80 20 Disambiguation of 'before': 77 23 Disambiguation of 'beside': 65 35 Disambiguation of 'from': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'hence': 87 13 Disambiguation of 'in after': 72 28 Disambiguation of 'in before': 80 20 Disambiguation of 'into': 87 13 Disambiguation of 'tofore': 65 35 Disambiguation of 'unto': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'upon': 66 34 Disambiguation of 'withal': 74 26 Disambiguation of 'up to the present time': 78 22
  2. (metatextual) Previously within the present text; earlier herein. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: hereinbefore Related terms (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
    Sense id: en-heretofore-en-adv-en:metatextual Disambiguation of 'among': 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: aforementioned Related terms (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout Related terms (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst Related terms (around): therearound, wherearound Related terms (as): thereas, whereas Related terms (at): hereat, thereat, whereat Related terms (between): therebetween, wherebetween Related terms (by): hereby, thereby, whereby Related terms (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor Related terms (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore Related terms (in): herein, therein, wherein Related terms (of): hereof, thereof, whereof Related terms (on): hereon, thereon, whereon Related terms (out): hereout, thereout, whereout Related terms (to): hereto, thereto, whereto Related terms (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder Related terms (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith Disambiguation of 'about': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'amongst': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'around': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'as': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'at': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'between': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'by': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'for': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'fore': 49 51 Disambiguation of 'in': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'on': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'out': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'under': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'with': 0 0

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    {
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    {
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    {
      "sense": "from",
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      "sense": "hence",
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    {
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    {
      "sense": "in",
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    {
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    {
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      "sense": "withal",
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          "ref": "1948 September and October, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 351",
          "text": "The Permanent Way: Britain's Railroads in the Making. By Horace Greenleaf and G. Tyers. […]There is no doubt that the permanent way has failed heretofore to attract popular interest to an extent comparable with its importance, but possibly the publicity given recently to various forms of experiment is tending to change this.",
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        "(metatextual) Previously within the present text; earlier herein."
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      "ipa": "/ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɪətəˈfɔə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɪətʊˈfɔə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥattā l-ʔān",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "حَتَّى الْآن"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dosegá",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "досега́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "fins ara"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "dosud"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "hiertevoren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "tähän asti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "tähän saakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "aiemmin"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "ennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "jusqu’alors"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "jusqu’ici"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "bislang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "vordem"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "prima d'ora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koremade",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "これまで"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "hittil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "hittil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "até agora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "préžde",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "пре́жде"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "do etovo",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "до этого"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ránʹše",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "ра́ньше"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doséle",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "досе́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "donýne",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "доны́не"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "sve do sada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "anteriormente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "previamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "hasta la fecha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "hasta ahora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "hittills"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "tidigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "up to the present time",
      "word": "şimdiye kadar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heretofore"
}

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