hitherto
English
Etymology
From Middle English hiderto, corresponding to hither + to.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hitherto (not comparable)
- (formal, also law) Up to this or that time.
- 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 […]
- Synonym: up to now
- Antonyms: from now on, henceforth
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Translations
up to this time
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