heretofore adv : used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet" [syn: so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, as yet, yet, til now, until now]

English

Etymology

• Heretofore: Modern English here, Modern English to, Modern English fore (i.e., the beginning).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌhɪətuˈfoː/
• SAMPA: /%hI@tu"fo:/

Adverb

1. Up to the present time; from the origin to this point.

   We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.

Related terms

• hitherto

Translations

• Portuguese: até então

aforetime, already, as yet, before, before all, before now, beforetime, by this time, earlier, early, ere, ere then, erenow, erewhile, erst, erstwhile, formerly, hereunto, historically, hitherto, in the past, in times past, once, only yesterday, or ever, prehistorically, previously, priorly, recently, so far, still, then, then as previously, theretofore, thus far, till now, to date, to this day, until now, until this time, up to now, whilom, yesterday, yet