hitherto

«hitherto» in Mova's school dictionary: until now or until the time being talked about; up to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (hitherto — formal)

meaning for a pupil

(formal) Hitherto means until now or until the time being talked about; up to this point. tree →

sense in the lessons

A stiff, formal or old-fashioned word found in exam questions, legal papers, history books and old stories. It tells the reader that something was true before a change. Phrases: hitherto unknown, hitherto unseen.

examples

• The scientists found a hitherto unknown kind of beetle. tree →
• Hitherto, the village had never had a flood. tree →
• The letter showed a hitherto hidden side of the king. tree →
• Hitherto, all the tests had come back clear. tree →
• The explorers reached a hitherto unseen valley. tree →
• The museum displays paintings hitherto kept in storage. tree →
• Hitherto he had been a land crab; the land at last cast him adrift. tree →

note

Very formal; in everyday speech say «until now», «so far» or «before this». Often used before an adjective: «hitherto unknown». Stress: hith-er-TOO.

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.