hither

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɪðə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈhɪðɚ/

Adverb

hither (not comparable)

1. (literary or archaic) To this place, to here.

   He went hither and thither.

2. over here

Antonyms

• hence

Related terms

• thither
• whither
• hither and thither

Translations

• French: ici, çà
• German: hierher, hierhin
• Italian: qui, qua
• Portuguese: acá, para cá
• Russian: сюда́
• Spanish: aquí, acá

Adjective

hither (not comparable)

1. (archaic) On this side; the nearer.

   Synonyms: citerior

   • 1954, The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil. — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)

Translations

• Italian: citeriore, al di qua

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