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Meanings of hitherto in English

Portuguese
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Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.

até

Continuously, during all time up to this or that time.

Usage of hitherto in English
1
Yet, this system received hitherto only little attention in the medical literature.
Pubmed
2
This time, however, their reunion was more brief and passionate than hitherto.
William and harry
3
The state has taken over municipalities which the HDP had hitherto run.
Reuters
4
However, human mutations in CENPI causing SSNS have not been reported hitherto.
Pubmed
5
We have recently been spoilt with hitherto unseen footage from historical events.
The Irish Times
6
This was the smallest number of persons hitherto left in the lighthouse.
Records of a Family of Engineers
7
He had never hitherto been even in the gallery of the House.
The Way We Live Now
8
The sense of sight in the dancer has received little attention hitherto.
The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior
9
A cloud appeared in the hitherto serene heaven of the royal lovers.
The Infernal Marriage
10
The pleasures in the body would be of a nature hitherto unknown.
Added Upon / A Story
11
The same personal view of public affairs had hitherto satisfied the Austrians.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878
12
Pierre, hitherto, had never believed in the terrible legend of the Jesuits.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 4
13
It was the actual appearance of what had hitherto only been theoretical-war
The Burial of the Guns
14
It is the only flavoring which I have hitherto discovered in life.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
15
In this epistle, the order hitherto observed by the Saviour is reversed.
Notes on the Apocalypse
16
Above all was the amazing natural beauty of scenery hitherto undreamed of.
The Story of Sugar
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Translations for hitherto
Hitherto through the time
Hitherto across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare