They produced a state of poverty heretofore unheard of in England.
Source: tatoeba (9116809)
Heretofore
//ˌhɪətəˈfɔː//
Synonyms for "heretofore" (75 found)
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Related words (37)
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2 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- حتّى اللحظة الراهنة adv (up to the present time)
- حَتَّى الْآن adv (up to the present time)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- indiyəcən adv (up to the present time)
Bulgarian
1 entries- досега́ adv (up to the present time)
Catalan
1 entries- fins ara adv (up to the present time)
Czech
1 entries- dosud adv (up to the present time)
Dutch
1 entries- hiertevoren adv (up to the present time)
Finnish
4 entries- aiemmin adv (up to the present time)
- ennen adv (up to the present time)
- tähän asti adv (up to the present time)
- tähän saakka adv (up to the present time)
French
2 entries- jusqu'alors adv (up to the present time)
- jusqu'ici adv (up to the present time)
German
2 entries- bislang adv (up to the present time)
- vordem adv (up to the present time)
Italian
1 entries- prima d'ora adv (up to the present time)
Japanese
1 entries- これまで adv (up to the present time)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hittil adv (up to the present time)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hittil adv (up to the present time)
Polish
1 entries- dotychczas adv (up to the present time)
Portuguese
1 entries- até agora adv (up to the present time)
Russian
4 entries- до этого adv (up to the present time)
- доны́не adv (up to the present time)
- досе́ле adv (up to the present time)
- пре́жде adv (up to the present time)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dosad adv (up to the present time)
- sve do sada adv (up to the present time)
Spanish
4 entries- anteriormente adv (up to the present time)
- hasta ahora adv (up to the present time)
- hasta la fecha adv (up to the present time)
- previamente adv (up to the present time)
Swedish
2 entries- hittills adv (up to the present time)
- tidigare adv (up to the present time)
Turkish
1 entries- şimdiye kadar adv (up to the present time)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The book narrates the heretofore untold story of Tom Jackson, a nurse from Boston.
Source: tatoeba (12116844)
Tom has reached heretofore unseen levels of annoying.
Source: tatoeba (12116845)
We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.
Source: wiktionary
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