Hitherto

Pronunciation

• UK
• UK

Origin

From Middle English hiderto, corresponding to hither + to.

Full definition of hitherto

Adverb

1. (formal or legal) Up to this or that time.
• 1830, Anna Maria Porter, The Barony (volume 3, page 460)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...

Related terms

• heretofore
• thitherto