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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Nay the title hitherto to be a Commonwealth or Nation at all, among the
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And when I return to London, young Nevile shall be Duke of Bedford, a title hitherto reserved to the royal race.
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And when I return to London, young Nevile shall be Duke of Bedford, a title hitherto reserved to the royal race.
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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.
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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
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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
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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 Drag to Playlist
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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
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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.
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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.
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