英和和英

発音

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

副詞

heretofore (not comparable)

1. (formal) Prior to now, up to the present time; from the origin to this point.

   We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.

引用

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

関連する語

• hitherto

語源

From Middle English heretoforn, equivalent to here (“here”) + toforn (“before”), from 古期英語 toforan (“before”). More at here, tofore.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌhɪətəˈfɔː/, /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː/, /ˌhɪətəˈfɔə/, /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪɹtəfɔɹ/, /ˈhɪɹtəfoɹ/
• ハイフネーション: here‧to‧fore

副詞

heretofore (not comparable)

2. (formal, temporal) 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   We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:heretofore.
   • 1948 September and October, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:

     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.

   Synonyms: hitherto; see also Thesaurus:hitherto

   Antonyms: hereafter, henceforth

4. (metatextual) Previously within the present text; earlier herein.

   heretofore referred to as

   heretofore mentioned

   Synonym: hereinbefore

   Antonyms: hereafter, henceforth, hereinafter

   Coordinate term: hereinelsewhere

参考

• aforementioned

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