"hitherto" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈhɪðəˌtuː/ [UK], /ˌhɪðəˈtuː/ [UK], [ˈhɪðəˌtʰuː] [UK], [ˌhɪðəˈtʰuː] [UK], /ˈhɪðɚˌtu/ [US], /ˌhɪðɚˈtu/ [US], [ˈhɪðɚˌtʰu] [US], [ˌhɪðɚˈtʰu] [US] Audio: en-us-hitherto.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Middle English hiderto, corresponding to hither + to. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hiderto}} Middle English hiderto, {{compound|en|hither|to}} hither + to Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} hitherto (not comparable)
  1. (formal, also law) Up to this or that time or point. Tags: also, formal, not-comparable Categories (topical): Law, Past, Time Hypernyms: formerly Related terms: thitherto, whitherto, hereinbefore Translations (up to this time): حَتَّى الْآن (ḥattā l-ʔān) (Arabic), досега́ (dosegá) (Bulgarian), 到目前為止 (Chinese Mandarin), 到目前为止 (dào mùqián wéizhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 迄今 (qìjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 迄今為止 (Chinese Mandarin), 迄今为止 (qìjīn wéizhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 至今 (zhìjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), doposud (Czech), až dosud (Czech), hidtil (Danish), tot dan toe (Dutch), tot hiertoe (Dutch), tot dusver (Dutch), tot nu toe (Dutch), tot dusverre (Dutch), ĝis nun (Esperanto), ĝisnune (Esperanto), higartil (Faroese), tähän mennessä (Finnish), siihen mennessä (Finnish), sitä ennen (Finnish), aiemmin (Finnish), jusqu’ici (French), jusqu’alors (French), jusqu’à maintenant (French), jusqu’à présent (French), აქამდე (akamde) (Georgian), აქამომდე (akamomde) (Georgian), დღემდე (dɣemde) (Georgian), უწინ (uc̣in) (Georgian), ამ დრომდე (am dromde) (Georgian), bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt (German), bis jetzt (German), bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt (German), bisher (German), bislang (German), bis dato (German), bis dahin (German), zuvor (German), עד כה (Hebrew), eddig (Hungarian), addig (Hungarian), sampai saat ini (Indonesian), hingga kini (Indonesian), sampai sekarang (Indonesian), fin qui (Italian), fino a qui (Italian), fino ad ora (Italian), fino allora (Italian), finora (Italian), 今まで (imamade) (alt: いままで) (Japanese), これまで (koremade) (Japanese), これまでのところ (koremade no tokoro) (Japanese), 여태 (yeotae) (Korean), adhūc (Latin), hactenus (Latin), hucusque (Latin), illatenus (Latin), aliquando (Latin), досега (dosega) (Macedonian), hittil (Norwegian), fins ara (Occitan), fins a aquel moment (Occitan), تاکنون (tâ-konun) (Persian), dotychczas (Polish), dotąd (Polish), até agora (Portuguese), până acum (Romanian), până în acest moment (Romanian), пока́ что (poká što) (Russian), до сих по́р (do six pór) (Russian), пока́ (poká) (Russian), доны́не (donýne) [obsolete] (Russian), подне́сь (podnésʹ) [archaic] (Russian), thuige seo (Scottish Gaelic), dòsad (Serbo-Croatian), dòsada (Serbo-Croatian), dòtad (Serbo-Croatian), dòtada (Serbo-Croatian), do zdaj (Slovene), hasta ahora (Spanish), hasta aquí (Spanish), hasta este momento (Spanish), en ese entonces (Spanish), hittills (Swedish), dittills (Swedish), hitintills (Swedish), ఇప్పటివరకు (ippaṭivaraku) (Telugu), అప్పటివరకు (appaṭivaraku) (Telugu), -e kadar (Turkish), o ana kadar (Turkish), hyd yn hyn (Welsh)

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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥattā l-ʔān",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "حَتَّى الْآن"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dosegá",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "досега́"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "到目前為止"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dào mùqián wéizhǐ",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "到目前为止"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qìjīn",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "迄今"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "迄今為止"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qìjīn wéizhǐ",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "迄今为止"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhìjīn",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "至今"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "doposud"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "až dosud"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hidtil"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "tot dan toe"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "tot hiertoe"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "tot dusver"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "tot nu toe"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "tot dusverre"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "ĝis nun"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "ĝisnune"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "higartil"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "tähän mennessä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "siihen mennessä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "sitä ennen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "aiemmin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "jusqu’ici"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "jusqu’alors"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "jusqu’à maintenant"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "jusqu’à présent"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "akamde",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "აქამდე"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "akamomde",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "აქამომდე"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dɣemde",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "დღემდე"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uc̣in",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "უწინ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "am dromde",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "ამ დრომდე"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "bis jetzt"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "bisher"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "bislang"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "bis dato"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "bis dahin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "zuvor"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "עד כה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "eddig"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "addig"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "sampai saat ini"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hingga kini"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "sampai sekarang"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "fin qui"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "fino a qui"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "fino ad ora"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "fino allora"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "finora"
        },
        {
          "alt": "いままで",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "imamade",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "今まで"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koremade",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "これまで"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koremade no tokoro",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "これまでのところ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeotae",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "여태"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "adhūc"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hactenus"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hucusque"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "illatenus"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "aliquando"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dosega",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "досега"
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        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hittil"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "fins ara"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "fins a aquel moment"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tâ-konun",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "تاکنون"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "dotychczas"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "dotąd"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "até agora"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "până acum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "până în acest moment"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poká što",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "пока́ что"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "do six pór",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "до сих по́р"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poká",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "пока́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "donýne",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "доны́не"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podnésʹ",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "подне́сь"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "thuige seo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "dòsad"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "dòsada"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "dòtad"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "dòtada"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "do zdaj"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hasta ahora"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hasta aquí"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hasta este momento"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "en ese entonces"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hittills"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "dittills"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hitintills"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ippaṭivaraku",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "ఇప్పటివరకు"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "appaṭivaraku",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "అప్పటివరకు"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "-e kadar"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "o ana kadar"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "up to this time",
          "word": "hyd yn hyn"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɪðəˌtuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɪðəˈtuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɪðəˌtʰuː]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌhɪðəˈtʰuː]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɪðɚˌtu/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɪðɚˈtu/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɪðɚˌtʰu]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌhɪðɚˈtʰu]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  ],
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}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "henceforth"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "still"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "hiderto"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hither",
        "3": "to"
      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English hiderto, corresponding to hither + to.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "hitherto (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "formerly"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "thitherto"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherto"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "hereinbefore"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "from now on"
        },
        {
          "word": "henceforth"
        },
        {
          "word": "henceforth"
        }
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        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English adverbs",
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English formal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adverbs",
        "Georgian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Law",
        "en:Past",
        "en:Time"
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        {
          "ref": "1830, Anna Maria Porter, The Barony, volume 3, page 460",
          "text": "The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910 [1848 February 21], Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, chapter I, in Samuel Moore, transl., edited by Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party, Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & company, page 12",
          "text": "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 124",
          "text": "The results of this study argue for a greater endonormativity in Indian English than has hitherto been recognised.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49",
          "text": "North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Up to this or that time or point."
      ],
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        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal, also law) Up to this or that time or point."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "up to now"
        },
        {
          "word": "heretofore"
        },
        {
          "word": "hitherto"
        }
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        "also",
        "formal",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɪðəˌtuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɪðəˈtuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɪðəˌtʰuː]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌhɪðəˈtʰuː]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɪðɚˌtu/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɪðɚˈtu/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɪðɚˌtʰu]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌhɪðɚˈtʰu]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "as yet"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "as of yet"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "erenow"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "herebefore"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "hereto"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "heretofore"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "heretoforetime"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "hereunto"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "hereuntofore"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "hitherto"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "hithertofore"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "so far"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "thus far"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "to date"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "up to now"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hitherto",
      "word": "yet"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥattā l-ʔān",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "حَتَّى الْآن"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dosegá",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "досега́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "到目前為止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dào mùqián wéizhǐ",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "到目前为止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qìjīn",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "迄今"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "迄今為止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qìjīn wéizhǐ",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "迄今为止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìjīn",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "至今"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "doposud"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "až dosud"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hidtil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "tot dan toe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "tot hiertoe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "tot dusver"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "tot nu toe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "tot dusverre"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "ĝis nun"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "ĝisnune"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "higartil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "tähän mennessä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "siihen mennessä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "sitä ennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "aiemmin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "jusqu’ici"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "jusqu’alors"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "jusqu’à maintenant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "jusqu’à présent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "akamde",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "აქამდე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "akamomde",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "აქამომდე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dɣemde",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "დღემდე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uc̣in",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "უწინ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "am dromde",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "ამ დრომდე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "bis jetzt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "bisher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "bislang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "bis dato"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "bis dahin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "zuvor"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "עד כה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "eddig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "addig"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "sampai saat ini"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hingga kini"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "sampai sekarang"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "fin qui"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "fino a qui"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "fino ad ora"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "fino allora"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "finora"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いままで",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "imamade",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "今まで"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koremade",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "これまで"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koremade no tokoro",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "これまでのところ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeotae",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "여태"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "adhūc"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hactenus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hucusque"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "illatenus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "aliquando"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dosega",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "досега"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hittil"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "fins ara"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "fins a aquel moment"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tâ-konun",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "تاکنون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "dotychczas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "dotąd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "até agora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "până acum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "până în acest moment"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poká što",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "пока́ что"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "do six pór",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "до сих по́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poká",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "пока́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "donýne",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "доны́не"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podnésʹ",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "подне́сь"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "thuige seo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "dòsad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "dòsada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "dòtad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "dòtada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "do zdaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hasta ahora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hasta aquí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hasta este momento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "en ese entonces"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hittills"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "dittills"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hitintills"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ippaṭivaraku",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "ఇప్పటివరకు"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "appaṭivaraku",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "అప్పటివరకు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "-e kadar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "o ana kadar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "up to this time",
      "word": "hyd yn hyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hitherto"
}

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