hitherto
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English hiderto, corresponding to hither + to.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɪðəˌtuː/, /ˌhɪðəˈtuː/, [ˈhɪðəˌtʰuː], [ˌhɪðəˈtʰuː]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɪðɚˌtu/, /ˌhɪðɚˈtu/, [ˈhɪðɚˌtʰu], [ˌhɪðɚˈtʰu]
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Adverb
[edit]hitherto (not comparable)
- (formal, also law) Up to this or that time or point.
- Synonyms: up to now, heretofore; see also Thesaurus:hitherto
- Antonyms: from now on, henceforth; see also Thesaurus:henceforth
- 1830, Anna Maria Porter, The Barony, volume 3, page 460:
- The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind […]
- 1910 [1848 February 21], Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, chapter I, in Samuel Moore, transl., edited by Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party[1], Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & company, page 12:
- The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.
- 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 124:
- The results of this study argue for a greater endonormativity in Indian English than has hitherto been recognised.
- 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49:
- North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge.
Translations
[edit]up to this time
See also
[edit]- (about) hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts) hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after) hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (against) hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (again) thereagain
- (among) hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst) hereamongst, thereamongst, whereamongst
- (anent) hereanent, thereanent, whereanent
- (around) therearound, wherearound
- (as) thereas, whereas
- (at) hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before) herebefore, therebefore
- (beside) therebeside
- (between) therebetween, wherebetween
- (by) hereby, thereby, whereby
- (fore) herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (for) herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (from) herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence) herehence, therehence
- (in after) hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before) hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (in) herein, therein, wherein
- (in soever) whereinsoever
- (into) hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (in which) whereinwhich
- (of) hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on) hereon, thereon, whereon
- (out) hereout, thereout, whereout
- (somever) wheresomever
- (tofore) heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (to) hereto, thereto, whereto
- (under) hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto) hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon) hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (withal) herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
- (with) herewith, therewith, wherewith
References
[edit]- “hitherto”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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