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Meaning of hither

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hither

Pronunciation:/ˈhɪðə//ˈhɪðɚ/

adjective

Definitions

  1. On this side; the nearer.

    Example: 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)

    Synonyms:citerior

adverb

Definitions

  1. To this place, to here.

    Example: He went hither and thither.

  2. Over here