Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb Until this time.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To this place; thus far.
  • To this time; until now.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb To this place; to a prescribed limit.
  • adverb Up to this time; as yet; until now.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb Up to this or that time.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

Etymologies

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From Middle English hiderto, corresponding to hither +‎ to.

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Examples

  • Nay the title hitherto to be a Commonwealth or Nation at all, among the

    Latter-Day Pamphlets Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • And when I return to London, young Nevile shall be Duke of Bedford, a title hitherto reserved to the royal race.

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • And when I return to London, young Nevile shall be Duke of Bedford, a title hitherto reserved to the royal race.

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • It has been a term hitherto used to signify that which pleases us we know not why, and in our approbation of which we can justify ourselves only by the concurrence of numbers, without much power of en - forcing our opinion upon others by any argument but example and authority.

    The Rambler, sections 55-112 (1750-1751); from The Works of Samuel Johnson in Sixteen Volumes, Vol. IV 1750

  • In 1977, Andronikos undertook a six-week dig at the Tumulus and found four buried chambers which he identified as hitherto undisturbed

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  • In 1977, Andronikos undertook a six-week dig at the Tumulus and found four buried chambers which he identified as hitherto undisturbed

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • In 1977, Andronikos undertook a six-week dig at the Tumulus and found four buried chambers which he identified as hitherto undisturbed Drag to Playlist

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • In 1977, Andronikos undertook a six-week dig at the Tumulus and found four buried chambers which he identified as hitherto undisturbed

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  • Lovingly narrated by Michael York, featuring music by Oscar-winning composer Vangelis, filmed in hitherto off-limits locations in the Vatican, the film is full of new and fascinating revelations about the Pope.

    Film 2009

  • Lovingly narrated by Michael York, featuring music by Oscar-winning composer Vangelis, filmed in hitherto off-limits locations in the Vatican, the film is full of new and fascinating revelations about the Pope.

    Pope John Paul II 2009

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