Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb To or toward this place.
- adjective Located on the near side.
- idiom (thither/yon) In or to many places; here and there.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To this place: used with verbs signifying motion: as, to come hither; to bring hither.
- To this time; up to the present time.
- To this point; to this end; to this argument or conclusion.
- On the side or in the direction of the person speaking; near: correlative of further: as, on the hither side of a hill.
- To come hither.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of
hence andthither . - adverb To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical.
- adverb to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions.
- adjective Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of
thither andfarther . - adjective Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb To this place, to here.
- adverb
here to - adverb
over here - adjective archaic On this side; the nearer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to this place (especially toward the speaker)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mat 22: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?
The Long, Modest Gowns Painted by Peter Severin Kroyer (1851-1909) 2009
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Now he had already said to the birds, ‘With me is a young man, a mere youth, whom destiny brought hither from a distant land; and I desire of you that ye take him up and carry him to his own country.’
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Ibrahim, Wazir to King Shamikh; and the manner of my coming hither is wondrous and the cause thereof marvellous.
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Lots of positive enthusiasm about my work and how the team was going to spread my name hither and yon among readers of the world.
On jumping genres and what that may (or may not) mean to the Gischler Victor Gischler 2007
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Lots of positive enthusiasm about my work and how the team was going to spread my name hither and yon among readers of the world.
Archive 2007-09-01 Victor Gischler 2007
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One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.
Good Stories for Holidays Frances Jenkins Olcott 1917
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One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love [Cupid, some name him], and bade him sharpen his weapons.
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And seeing an Arahant approaching the house-door, she bade him 'Come in hither, lord,' and did him homage, showing him to a seat; she then took his bowl and filled it with food.
Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909
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Then as I stood there, I felt the door behind me yield a bit and a hand was thrust out, and a voice whispered, "Harry, Harry, come in hither; we can hold the house against an army."
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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Indeed, I have no opportunity, for there they both are coming hither from the house.
sonofgroucho commented on the word hither
Not to mention its unruly twin thither.
December 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hither
And cousin yon.
December 3, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word hither
I forgot yon!
Hither, Thither and Yon: sounds like an international law firm.
December 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hither
Oooh! A triad!
December 3, 2007