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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitherto/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitherto/#x1)
- Hitherto, the village had never had a flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitherto/#x2)
- The letter showed a hitherto hidden side of the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitherto/#x3)
- Hitherto, all the tests had come back clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitherto/#x4)
- The explorers reached a hitherto unseen valley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitherto/#x5)
- The museum displays paintings hitherto kept in storage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitherto/#x6)
- Hitherto he had been a land crab; the land at last cast him adrift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitherto/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.427/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hitherto» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitherto/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.