Hitherto

Hith′er-toˊ

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adv.

1.

To this place; to a prescribed limit.

Hitherto

shalt thou come, but no further.

Job xxxviii. 11.

2.

Up to this time; as yet; until now.

The Lord hath blessed me

hitherto

.

Josh. xvii. 14.

Hitherto

HITH'ERTO

,

adv.

To this time; yet.

The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh.17.

1.

In any time, or every time till now; in time preceding the present.

2.

To this place; to a prescribed limit.

Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job.38.

hitherto

English

Adverb

hitherto ‎(not comparable)

(formal or law) 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 […]

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up to this time

Arabic: حَتَّى الْآن ‎(ḥattā l-ʾān)
Bulgarian: досега (bg) ‎(dosegá)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 到目前為止 (zh), 到目前为止 (zh) ‎(dào mùqián wéizhǐ), 迄今 (zh) ‎(qìjīn), 迄今為止 (zh), 迄今为止 (zh) ‎(qìjīn wéizhǐ), 至今 (zh) ‎(zhìjīn)
Czech: doposud (cs), až dosud
Danish: hidtil
Dutch: tot dan toe, tot hiertoe, tot dusver, tot nu toe, tot dusverre
Faroese: higartil
Finnish: tähän mennessä, siihen mennessä, sitä ennen, aiemmin (fi)
French: jusqu'ici (fr), jusqu'alors (fr), jusqu'à maintenant, jusqu'à présent
Georgian: აქამდე ‎(akamde), აქამომდე ‎(akamomde)
German: bis dahin, bis dato, bislang (de), bisher (de)
Hebrew: עד כה
Hungarian: eddig (hu), addig (hu)
Italian: fin qui, fino a qui, fino ad ora, fino allora, finora (it)
Japanese: 今まで ‎(いままで, ima-made), これまで ‎(kore-made), これまでのところ ‎(kore-made-no tokoro)
Korean: 여태 (ko) ‎(yeotae)

Latin: adhūc (la), hactenus (la), hucusque, illatenus, aliquando (la)
Macedonian: досега ‎(dósega)
Norwegian: hittil (no)
Occitan: fins ara, fins a aquel moment
Persian: تاکنون (fa) ‎(tâ-konun)
Polish: dotychczas (pl), dotąd (pl)
Portuguese: até agora/então
Romanian: până acum, până în acest moment
Russian: пока́ что (ru) ‎(poká što) (read: poká što), до сих по́р (ru) ‎(do six pór), пока́ (ru) ‎(poká), на да́нный моме́нт ‎(na dánnyj momént), на настоя́щий моме́нт ‎(na nastojáščij momént), пре́жде (ru) ‎(préžde), (obsolete)доны́не (ru) ‎(donýne), (archaic) подне́сь (ru) ‎(podnésʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: thuige seo
Serbo-Croatian: dòsad (sh), dòsada (sh), dòtad (sh), dòtada
Slovene: do zdaj
Spanish: hasta ahora, hasta aquí, hasta este momento, en ese entonces
Swedish: hittills (sv), dittills (sv), hitintills (sv)
Telugu: ఇప్పటివరకు ‎(ippaṭivaraku), అప్పటివరకు ‎(appaṭivaraku)
Turkish: -e kadar, o ana kadar

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