thereof

adverb

there·​of t͟her-ˈəv How to pronounce thereof (audio)
-ˈäv
1
: of that or it
2
: from that cause or particular : therefrom

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Witten will ultimately decide what records, or portions thereof, are released. Melina Khan, USA Today, 7 June 2025 Such cases tend to be long and winding roads, with no charges or even suggestions thereof at this point. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2025 But for now, the tariffs—or threat thereof—are still on. Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 The film’s cultural vantage point and anti-colonial sympathies are established in an opening scene set on the historic state of Malacca in 1504, some years ahead of the Portuguese capture thereof — a mission on which the young Ferdinand Magellan was a crew member. Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for thereof

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of thereof was before the 12th century

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“Thereof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thereof. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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thereof

adverb
there·​of t͟ha-ˈrəv How to pronounce thereof (audio)
-ˈräv,
t͟he-
1
: of that or it
the problem and solution thereof
2
: from that cause or particular : therefrom

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