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thereof

thereof

74 7.0
About the thing just mentioned
  • adverb
  • /ðɛrˈʌv/
  • Formal
: de ello
  • There was some concern expressed by the urban parent regarding data usage, or lack thereof.
  • lack thereof
  • combination thereof
  • variation thereof

Can you set the dominion thereof on earth?

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Examples

  • We discussed the team's performance, or lack thereof, during the last quarter.

  • No, you need your partner or lack thereof to step up and do something.

  • Earnings growth or lack thereof, and interest rates.

  • The capitalization or lack thereof of that B does matter.

  • Exogenous forces have played the largest role in the development, or lack thereof, of Middle Eastern financial markets.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Interesting patterns were seen in the differences, or lack thereof, found between conditions (see Table 5).

    Academic text (2012)
  • In fact, a cover letter usually announces the writer's facility with words or lack thereof.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Proclaim liberty throughout all the lands, unto all the inhabitants thereof.

  • The report highlighted the successes in the project, along with the challenges thereof.

  • The seminar covered the benefits of healthy eating and the risks thereof.

Synonyms

whereof
vsthereof
  • Archaic
7 9.9

About what was just mentioned

refers to that thing specifically rather than to what or which

Surface Forms

thereof positive

Morphology

thereof = there (transparent) = of + there

The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'there' + 'of' (= 'of that/it'), so learners can readily derive the sense. [Postprocessing: moved 'of' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word thereof comes from joining there and of, which together mean 'of that' or 'of it'. So thereof is a short, formal way to point back to something already mentioned.