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Dictionary: hith·er·to   (hĭTH'ər-tū', hĭTH'ər-tū') pronunciation
adv.

Until this time: The weather, which had hitherto been sunny and mild, suddenly turned cold.


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IN BRIEF: adv. - Used to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.

pronunciation I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown. — Christopher Columbus, Source: Journal of the Third Voyage, May 30-August 3I, 1493

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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  Synonyms: so far, thus far, up to now, heretofore, as yet, yet, til now, until now


Translations: Hitherto
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - hidtil

Nederlands (Dutch)
tot dusver, tot nu toe

Français (French)
adv. - jusqu'à maintenant, jusqu'alors, jusqu'ici

Deutsch (German)
adv. - bisher

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - μέχρι τώρα/τούδε

Italiano (Italian)
finora, fin qui

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - até aqui

Русский (Russian)
до сих пор, прошлый

Español (Spanish)
adv. - hasta ahora, hasta la fecha, hacia acá, todavía

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - hittills

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
迄今, 至今

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 迄今, 至今

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 지금까지, 여기까지

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 今まで, これまでのところは

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) حتى الآن, حتى اليوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮עד כה‬


 
 
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