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hitherto

[ hith-er-too ]

adverb

  1. up to this time; until now:

    a fact hitherto unknown.

  2. to here.


hitherto

/ ˈ³óɪðəˈ³Ù³ÜË /

adverb

  1. until this time

    hitherto, there have been no problems

  2. archaic.
    to this place or point
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. until this time

    a hitherto unoccupied house

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hitherto1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English hiderto; hither, to
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He brought former government figures, opponents and prominent hitherto critical civil society voices into the power structure or institutions such as the appointed senate.

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Recent weeks have seen troops and a United Nations monitoring mission dismantle Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in the area, a hitherto impossible step.

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And this philosophy of letting Goldie stay where he was until he was hungry seemed to be a good one - until he started to show hitherto unsuspected initiative.

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Sembiyan prayed to Nataraja, a hitherto little-known form of Hindu god Shiva as the King of Dance, and all her temples featured him prominently.

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After all, he also pronounced that he will give the Gulf of Mexico a new name, the “Gulf of America†— presumably under a hitherto unknown presidential power as renamer-in-chief.

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