heretofore

adv.

Up to the present time; before this; previously.

[Middle English : here, here; see here + tofore, previously (from Old English tōforan : tō, to; see to + foran, before , from fore; see fore).]

adverb

Up to this time: before, earlier, previously, yet. See precede/follow.

IN BRIEF: adv. - Used to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.

I tell you now what we have heretofore kept secret from you. — A C Whitehead

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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  Synonyms: so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, as yet, yet, til now, until now

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - hidtil, før, tidligere

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorheen

Français (French)
adv. - (Jur) jusqu'ici

Deutsch (German)
adv. - bisher, bis dahin

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - μέχρι τούδε/στιγμής

Italiano (Italian)
prima

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - antigamente

Русский (Russian)
прошлое, прежний, бывший

Español (Spanish)
adv. - hasta ahora, antes

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - hittils, tidigare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
直到此时, 在这以前, 迄今为止

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 直到此時, 在這以前, 迄今為止

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 지금까지, 이제까지

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 今まで, これまで, 以前は

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) حتى الآن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בעבר, עד כה‬

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