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PRONUNCIATION OF THITHERTO

thitherto  [ˌðɪðəˈtuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THITHERTO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thitherto is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES THITHERTO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thitherto in the English dictionary

The definition of thitherto in the dictionary is (obsolete (or formal) until that time.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THITHERTO


Baotou
ˈbaʊˈtuː
battu
bæˈtuː
battue
bæˈtuː
Ch´eng-tu
ˈtʃɛŋˈtuː
Chengdu
ˈtʃɛŋˈtuː
cockatoo
ˌkɒkəˈtuː
E102
ˌiːwʌnəʊˈtuː
hereto
ˌhɪəˈtuː
hitherto
ˈhɪðəˈtuː
motu
məʊˈtuː
passe-partout
ˌpæspɑːˈtuː
pistou
piːsˈtuː
QE2
ˌkjuːiːˈtuː
sixty-two
ˌsɪkstɪˈtuː
tattoo
tæˈtuː
thereto
ˌðɛəˈtuː
Timbuktu
ˌtɪmbʌkˈtuː
vertu
vɜːˈtuː
virtu
vɜːˈtuː
whereto
wɛəˈtuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THITHERTO

thirty-three
thirty-twomo
thirtyfold
thirtyish
thirtysomething
Thiruvananthapuram
this
this and that
this here
thisaway
Thisbe
thisness
thistle
thistledown
thistly
thither
thitherward
thixotrope
thixotropic
thixotropy

WORDS THAT END LIKE THITHERTO

Andrea del Sarto
concerto
del Sarto
demy quarto
double concerto
esparto
foolscap quarto
Oporto
piano concerto
Porto
quarto
royal quarto
Sarto
Suharto
super royal quarto

Synonyms and antonyms of thitherto in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thitherto» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THITHERTO

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The translations of thitherto from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thitherto» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

thitherto
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

thitherto
570 millions of speakers

English

thitherto
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thitherto
380 millions of speakers
ar

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thitherto
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

thitherto
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

thitherto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেই সময়ের আগে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

thitherto
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sehingga sekarang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

thitherto
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

thitherto
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

thitherto
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nganti saiki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thitherto
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thitherto
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तोपर्यंत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

thitherto
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thitherto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thitherto
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

thitherto
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thitherto
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thitherto
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thitherto
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thitherto
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thitherto
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thitherto

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THITHERTO»

The term «thitherto» is used very little and occupies the 181.309 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THITHERTO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thitherto

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THITHERTO»

Discover the use of thitherto in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thitherto and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
See OPINIONS, JUDICIAL (A). hitherto; thitherto. Hitherto = up to now, i.e., heretofore. Thitherto = up to some specified or implied time in the past, i.e., theretofore. Obviously these ARCHAISMS are hardly worth using since the terms just used in ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
2
The Ecology of Phytoplankton
(1971) 978 32 69 Thitherto unpublished records cited in Reynolds (1984a), calculated indirectly from SiO2 uptake 751 27 58 Thitherto unpublished records cited in Reynolds (1984a), calculated indirectly from SiO2 uptake Stephanodiscus ...
C. S. Reynolds, 2006
3
Rambles, Roamings and Recollections
THITHERTO. AUGUST, 1863. As a seaside retreat in summer, Lyme has long been famous. Its situation is most lovely, — at the extreme bight of a bay full of blue rippling water in fair weather and of foaming mountain waves in fouL True, the ...
George Philip Rigney Pulman, 1870
4
Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda and Marquis ...
to the decrees of the apostolic S62: and the determinations of the holy office; and acknowledging, that his having thitherto taken them (the said pretended revelations and prophecies) for real ones, had been the pure effect of illusion, diabolical ...
George I Moore, 1814
5
Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda, and ...
to the decrees of the apostolic see, and the determinations of the holy office ; and acknowledging, that his having thitherto taken them (the said pretended revelations and prophecies) for real ones, had been the pure effect of illusion, diabolical ...
George Moore, 1814
6
A dictionary of the German and English languages
Thitherto,. THÍTHurió', .ni,-,. lie. tnljin,. luí. г. rihin,. i'o. weil. Thitherward,. TUiTHUrwird. (А1|ф Til it h ' e r wards) • "';'. tvrtiuárfi?, trrtlmill'iirtí , Mhillioártí , Ibid) JiMli-ül СПС IHM. П. llil Г-yJÜl::. ¡ Г..11'.! ill; r.lllll. Tlio. 'i-ii,-i • ,i:i,,, :i. thoime) «ill'. ; I' ll«»', ...
Christoph Friedrich Grieb, 1847
7
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven:
Popular interest turned at once to them again, and this was intensified in a great degree when, beside the ballet-master Muzarelli, a second ballet-master, Mr. Salvatore Vigano, whose wife disclosed to the eyes of the spectators a thitherto ...
Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Hermann Deiters, Hugo Riemann, 2013
8
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
... that the Business thitherto transacted and the Powers exercised by the Surveyor General of the Land Revenue of the Crown, and also the Business thitherto transacted and the Powers exercised by and the Revenue under the Management ...
Great Britain, Sir George Kettilby Rickards, 1826
9
The elements of medicine, or A translation of the Elementa ...
... and itself reflects illustration and confirmation upon every one of them. Lastly, he put the question whether the medical art, (») Sthenic signifies an excess, asthenic a defect, of in- yigorating power. thitherto, thitherto conjectural, incoherent, ...
John Brown, 1788
10
English Choral Practice, 1400-1650
The capacity to make an offering of polyphonic music during the course of divine worship became a coveted objective at churches far beyond those great institutions which thitherto had been its sole preserve. It was from c. 1470 or so that there ...
John Morehen, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THITHERTO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thitherto is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Iran: The Truth about the CIA and the Shah
... military — thitherto under the authority of (and loyal to) the Shah. The Shah refused; Mossadegh resigned, and began to organize anti-Shah demonstrations. «National Review Online, Jul 15»
2
Who Are You Calling 'Primitive'?
Thitherto such pieces had been valued for their ethnographic or anthropological interest, but Monique's father clearly perceived them as works of art rather than ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
3
From Excess Crude to Extinct Crude - Which Way Nigeria? (I)
Like a spoilt child, once we happened upon this nature's rich resource, we threw to the winds the other diverse resources which thitherto defined our economic ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Musings: It's all about love…
Eventually, these arrangements and their thitherto wrongly so-called, illegitimate, offspring were given legal sanction with very few dissenting voices, if any, ... «Barbados Advocate, Jul 15»
5
Terrace talk: Man United: Louis Van Gaal stumbles upon the magic …
Even thitherto LvG-drum bangers such as I were beginning to consider how we could offload them on ebay, as Spurs began so confidently, almost scoring in the ... «Irish Examiner, Apr 15»
6
Musings: Of strange fruit and political will
There was, of course, the levelling of accusations at the civil security forces that their impressive public display of resources, thitherto unprecedented, was owed ... «Barbados Advocate, Mar 15»
7
Flashback: Samantha Power Suggests US Invade Israel to Impose …
... Balkans to send new President Clinton (The Waco Kid after Feb 1993) off to foreign war on the borders of the thitherto pro-west & democratizing former USSR. «PJ Media, Mar 15»
8
Change in St Kitts and Nevis
Most notably, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Caricom, which had thitherto been silent on Dr Douglas's political and legal ... «Stabroek News, Feb 15»
9
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: India's bowlers go back to the future
In a miserable summer, it had thitherto beaten only Afghanistan, in a practice match. Dhoni said that missing the tri-series final inadvertantly had helped. «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
10
What Benedict Cumberbatch didn't understand about 'coloured'
The scenery changed in the 1960s when black people began to call themselves black, thitherto a word with pejorative connotations. This was the well-travelled ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jan 15»

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