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hitherto

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishhiderto, corresponding tohither +‎to.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK)IPA(key): /ˈhɪðəˌtuː/,/ˌhɪðəˈtuː/,[ˈhɪðəˌtʰuː],[ˌhɪðəˈtʰuː]
  • (US)IPA(key): /ˈhɪðɚˌtu/,/ˌhɪðɚˈtu/,[ˈhɪðɚˌtʰu],[ˌhɪðɚˈtʰu]
  • Audio(US):(file)

Adverb

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hitherto (notcomparable)

  1. (formal, also law) Up to this or thattime orpoint.
    Synonyms:up to now,heretofore;see alsoThesaurus:hitherto
    Antonyms:from now on,henceforth;see alsoThesaurus:henceforth
    • 1830, Anna Maria Porter,The Barony, volume 3, page460:
      The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as hadhitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind[]
    • 1910 [1848 February 21],Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels, chapterI, in Samuel Moore, transl., edited by Friedrich Engels,Manifesto of the Communist Party[1], Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & company,page12:
      The history of allhitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.
    • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, inWorld Englishes, page124:
      The results of this study argue for a greater endonormativity in Indian English than hashitherto been recognised.
    • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, inRAIL, number942, page49:
      North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which havehitherto run close together, diverge.

Translations

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up to this time

See also

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Here-,there-, andwhere- words
Pronominal adverbs
aboutaboutsacrossafteragainagainstalongamongamongstanent[1]aroundasatbeitbesidebetweenbeyondbyeverforforeforthforwardforwardsfromhenceinaboveinafterinbeforeinbelowinelsewhereinsoeverintoinundermid[2]ofonoutoversosoeversomedeversomever[3]throughthroughouttotoforeuntoupuponwardwardswithwithalwithinwithout
hencehenceafterhenceforthhenceforwardhenceforwardshencefrom
herehereabouthereaboutshereafterhereagainsthereamonghereamongsthereanenthereatherebyhereforhereforehereforthhereforwardherefowardsherefromherehencehereinabovehereinafterhereinbeforehereinbelowhereinelsewherehereinsoeverhereintohereinunderheremidhereofhereonhereouthereoverheresoeverherethroughherethroughoutheretoheretoforehereuntohereuponherewithherewithalherewithin
hitherhithertohitheruntohitherwardhitherwards
howhowbeithoweverhowsohowsoeverhowsomedeverhowsomever
thencethenceafterthenceforththenceforwardthenceforwardsthencefromthenceout
therethereaboutthereaboutsthereacrossthereafterthereagainthereagainsttherealongthereamongthereamongstthereanenttherearoundthereattherebesidetherebetweentherebeyondtherebythereverthereforthereforethereforththerefromtherehencethereinabovethereinafterthereinbeforethereinbelowthereintothereinundertheremidthereofthereonthereoutthereovertheresoevertherethroughtherethroughouttheretotheretoforethereuntothereupthereupontherewiththerewithaltherewithintherewithout
thitherthitherinsoeverthithertothitherwardthitherwards
whatwhateverwhatsowhatsoeverwhatsomedeverwhatsomever
whenwhenaboutwhenaboutswhenaswheneverwhensowhensoeverwhensomever
whencewhenceafterwhenceverwhenceforthwhenceforwardwhencefromwhencewardwhencewards
wherewhereaboutwhereaboutswhereafterwhereagainstwherealongwhereamongwhereamongstwhereanentwherearoundwhereaswhereatwherebesidewherebetweenwherebeyondwherebywhereverwhereforwhereforewhereforthwherefromwherehencewhereinabovewhereinafterwhereinbeforewhereinbelowwhereinsoeverwhereintowhereinunderwheremidwhereofwhereonwhereoutwhereoverwheresowheresoeverwheresomeverwherethroughwherethroughoutwheretowheretoforewhereuntowhereupwhereuponwherewithwherewithalwherewithinwherewithout
whitherwhithereverwhitherinsoeverwhithersowhithertowhithertoforewhitherwardwhitherwards
whywhyeverwhyforwhysowhysoever
  1. ^Scottish
  2. ^fromMiddle Englishmid
  3. ^old dialectal form

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