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heretofore

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adverb
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As an adverb, heretofore means before now, until now, up to the present time.

Meanings of heretofore

3 meanings

adverb

  1. formaltemporalBefore now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.

    “We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.”

  2. metatextualPreviously within the present text; earlier herein.

    “heretofore referred to as”

    “heretofore mentioned”

  3. 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”

    Similar: so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, as yet, yet

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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adverb: used in negative statement to describe a situation that h…
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