hitherto

«hitherto» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: until now — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

until now

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Up to this point in time. tree →

how it differs from today

Today we say "until now" or "so far". The sentences use the same sense as today, but the word is formal and old.

examples

• And thou shalt say unto him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying: Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened; (Torah EXO.7.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• I have always progressed hitherto, as I know quite well." (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
• The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

primary record

hitherto

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 55 (Torah 1, tales 52, Sefer Yetzirah 2); EWT 0; ratio 6.2 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward; they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hitherto» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.