thereof

[ thair-uhv, -ov ]

adverb

1. of that or it.
2. from or out of that origin or cause.

thereof

/ ˌðɛərˈɒv /

adverb

1. of or concerning that or it
2. from or because of that

Word History and Origins

Origin of thereof¹

before 1000; Middle English therof, Old English thǣrof. See there, of ¹

Example Sentences

Smiles, or lack thereof, did not bring down the Ancient Regime, of course.

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U.S. schools will receive funding and “customers” regardless of their merits (or lack thereof).

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Albert Camus used violence as a means of exploring meaning, or lack thereof, in his existential novels.

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Both stumbled in their first presidential campaigns over issues of their service, or lack thereof, in the fight against communism.

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As we all know, it requires Congress not to make any law “prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

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I have only set down part of this Peal, which is sufficient to shew the course and method thereof.

From Project Gutenberg

The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.

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Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire.

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They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.

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Let us go up to Juda, and rouse it up, and draw it away to us, and make the son of Tabeel king in the midst thereof.

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