| 单词 | heretofore |
| 释义 | heretofore (once / 811 pages) adv When someone says heretofore, they're describing things that have happened up to the present moment. This formal word means "thus far" and often appears in legal or other official documents. This is an old-fashioned word, but it refers to something timeless — events in the past that have gone on until now. To sell a new shoe, an advertiser could say, "Heretofore, there has never been a shoe like this." After a disaster, someone could say, "Heretofore, we never experienced such a catastrophe." This word draws a line in the sand between the past and the present. This word means about the same as as yet and until now. WORD FAMILYheretofore USAGE EXAMPLESBy scouring economic statistics, Greenspan thinks he’s discovered heretofore hidden relationships that explain weak productivity growth. Washington Post(Nov 20, 2016) For op-ed columnists and ideologically disinclined news reporters alike, Trump elicits a palpable disgust and a heretofore unknown variety of fear. Slate(Nov 09, 2016) “Phi takes this heretofore very unquantifiable subject and puts some numbers around it so we can have a more meaningful conversation with the industry.” New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) adv used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time Syn as yet, hitherto, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet |
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