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PRONUNCIATION OF TOFORE

tofore  [təˈfɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOFORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tofore is a preposition.
The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

WHAT DOES TOFORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tofore in the English dictionary

The definition of tofore in the dictionary is before.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOFORE


afore
əˈfɔː
before
bɪˈfɔː
E334
ˌiːθriːθriːˈfɔː
four-four
ˈfɔːˈfɔː
guffaw
ɡʌˈfɔː
hereinbefore
ˌhɪərɪnbɪˈfɔː
heretofore
ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː
therefor
ˌðɛəˈfɔː
thereinbefore
ˌðɛərɪnbɪˈfɔː
theretofore
ˌðɛətʊˈfɔː
three-four
ˌθriːˈfɔː
what-for
ˌwɒtˈfɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOFORE

toey
toey as a Roman sandal
toff
toffee
toffee-apple
toffee-nosed
toffies
toffish
toffishness
toffy
toft
tofu
tofutti
tog
toga
toga praetexta
toga virilis
togaed
togate
togavirus

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOFORE

anymore
Baltimore
convenience store
core
encore
explore
fore
hardcore
Moore
more
ore
pinafore
score
Singapore
store
the heretofore
therefore
to the fore
what is more
wherefore

Synonyms and antonyms of tofore in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tofore» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOFORE

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The translations of tofore from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tofore» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tofore
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anterioridad a la presente
570 millions of speakers

English

tofore
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tofore
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tofore
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tofore
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tofore
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tofore
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tofore
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tofore
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tofore
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tofore
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tofore
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tofore
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tofore
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேரத்திற்கு முன்பாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Tofore
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tofore
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tofore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tofore
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tofore
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tofore
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tofore
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tofore
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tofore
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tofore
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tofore

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOFORE»

The term «tofore» is regularly used and occupies the 99.881 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOFORE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tofore» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tofore» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tofore

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOFORE»

Discover the use of tofore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tofore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Governance of Kings and Princes: John Trevisa's Middle ...
And in fe fridde place ben hope and despeire, for whan hope and despeire ben itake in comparisoun to good, fanne he gof tofore drede 30 and hardinesse and tofore wrethe and mansuetudo fat bien itake in comparisoun to yuel. And drede ...
Giles (of Rome, Archbishop of Bourges), David C. Fowler, Charles F. Briggs, 1997
2
Middle English Dictionary
Brut 13595: Alle we seul le n wel don, And alle we scullen to-uon; Niöing wuröe be cniht be ne cuöe his mahten her-riht. tofor -» tofore(n adv. & prep.; tor-fer(e. tofor- toforan -» tofore (n adv. & prep. tofore-. töföre conj. [From töföre(n adv. or prep ...
Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis, Sherman McAllister Kuhn, 1996
3
Arthurian and Other Studies: Presented to Shunichi Noguchi
to {afore}, {before}, {tofore}, {aforne}, {beforne} and {toforne} as well, as shown in Table 2. The statistics in Table 2 include only those parts of the texts in which the two have parallel passages: Table 2 w (afore) (<afore>) 159 (before) (<before>, ...
Shunʼichi Noguchi, Takashi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Mukai, 1993
4
The Medieval Account Books of the Mercers of London: An ...
Whereof is decrees, as apereth tofore folio xxxiiiito, for þe yer – xl s. – xiiii li. xi s. iiii d. item, resseyved of oo tenement in seven fote lane – vi li. xiii s. iiii d. item, resseyved of divers tenementes at s. Martyns otewiche – xxvi li. x s. summa of þe  ...
Lisa Jefferson, 2009
5
Acts of Court of the Mercers' Company
Where the said John Aunswarith & sayth that he bought no wares there tofore that the Kynges Commissioners had there concluded theire maters. Where than he saith that he bought certen Peces holand clothe for hymself & for John Ray- nold ...
6
A Lexical Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: S-T
about aimlessly, drive about [See driven v.] 1 : todryven[ 1 ] LGW F 1280 And al his folk with tempest al todryven, todrowen — 'todrauen v. todryven — 'todriven v. tofore — 'toforen2 prep. toforen1 adv. [<MED>; <OED> s.v. tofore prep., adv., and  ...
Akio Oizumi, Geoffrey Chaucer, 2003
7
Acts of Court of the Mercers' Company 1453-1527
Where the said John Aunswarith & sayth that he bought no wares there tofore that the Kynges Commissioners had there concluded theire maters. Where than he saith that he bought certen Peces holand clothe for hymself & for John Raynold ...
Frank D. Watney, Laetitia Lyell, 2012
8
Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of ...
1. lie it enacted by the general assembly, That the marriage here- Elenorah A. Aiii - tofore solemnized between Lemuel R. Allison and Elenorah A. his"°"divo":ed- ' wife, formerly Elenorah A. Neff, of the county of Hampshire, shall be, and the ...
Virginia, 1838
9
The New Testament
Summe also seide, that hooli chirche schulde ende tofore the ende of the world, for d charge of tribulaciouns, and that it schulde not c undirfonge for hir trauel euerlastinge ineede. therfore ioon willyng to distrie the errouris of these, schewith  ...
Henry Hervey Baber, 1810
10
A glossary; or, Collection of words ... which have been ...
Drayt. Moses, p. 1J83. Toderer, s. Possibly, a dealer in wool, or mutton; from the tod of wool : but this is only a conjecture. I'll come among you, you goatish blooded toderers, as gum into taffeta, to fret, to fret. " Marston's Male. O. PI. iv. 17. Tofore ...
Robert Nares, 1822

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