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Adverb

• Up to this time; until now.
• used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

Adv

• Up to this or that time or point.

Examples

• His Scrabble strategy had hitherto been conservative, but now he was going for broke.

Synonyms

as yet, heretofore, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet, as of yet, erenow, herebefore, hereto, heretoforetime, hereunto, hereuntofore, hitherto, hithertofore, to date

Antonyms

from now on, henceforth, hitherto, still

Related Words

1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form, henceafter, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hencefrom, hereabout, hereabouts, hereabove, hereafter, hereafters, hereagainst, herealong, hereamong, hereamongst, hereanent, hereat, hereaway, herebefore, herebelow, herebeneath, herebeyond, hereby, herefor, herefore, hereforth, hereforward, hereforwards, herefro, herefrom, herehence, herein, hereinabove, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinbelow, hereinelsewhere, hereinsoever, hereinto, hereinunder, heremid, hereof, hereon, hereonto, hereout, hereover, herethrough, herethroughout, hereto, heretofore, heretoward, hereunder, hereunto, hereupon, herever, herewith, herewithal, herewithin, herewithout, hitherunto, hitherward, hitherwards, howbeit, however, howso, howsoever, howsomedever, howsomever, thataway, thatwise, thenceafter, thenceforth, thenceforward, thenceforwards, thencefrom, thenceout, thereabout, thereabouts, thereabove, thereacross, thereafter, thereafters, thereagain, thereagainst, therealong, thereamid, thereamidst, thereamong, thereamongst, thereanent, therearound, thereas, thereat, thereatop, thereaway, therebefore, therebehind, therebelow, therebeneath, therebeside, therebetween, therebetwixt, therebeyond, thereby, therefor, therefore, thereforth, therefro, therefrom, therehence, therein, thereinabove, thereinafter, thereinbefore, thereinbelow, thereinto, thereinunder, theremid, thereof, thereon, thereonto, thereout, thereoutside, thereover, theresoever, therethrough, therethroughout, thereto, theretofore, theretoward, theretowards, thereunder, thereuntil, thereunto, thereup, thereupon, therever, therewith, therewithal, therewithin, therewithout, thisaway, thiswise, thitherinsoever, thitherto, thitherward, thitherwards, whatever, whatso, whatsoever, whatsomedever, whatsomever, whatwise, whenabout, whenabouts, whenas, whenceafter, whenceforth, whenceforward, whencefrom, whencever, whenceward, whencewards, whenever, whenso, whensoever, whensomever, whereabout, whereabouts, whereabove, whereacross, whereafter, whereafters, whereagainst, wherealong, whereamong, whereamongst, whereanent, wherearound, whereas, whereat, whereaway, wherebefore, wherebehind, wherebelow, wherebeside, wherebetween, wherebeyond, whereby, wherefor, wherefore, whereforth, wherefro, wherefrom, wherehence, wherein, whereinabove, whereinafter, whereinbefore, whereinbelow, whereinsoever, whereinto, whereinunder, whereinwhich, wheremid, whereof, whereon, whereonto, whereout, whereover, whereso, wheresoever, wheresomever, wherethrough, wherethroughout, whereto, wheretofore, wheretoward, wheretowards, whereunder, whereuntil, whereunto, whereup, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal, wherewithin, wherewithout, whitherever, whitherinsoever, whitherso, whitherto, whithertofore, whitherward, whitherwards, whyever, whyfor, whyso, whysoever, —