Meanings
- archaicnot comparableYet; so far.
c. 1980, Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens), How I Came to Islam I realized that everything belongs to God, that slumber does not overtake Him. He created everything. At this point I began to lose the pride in me, because hereto I had thought the reason I was here was because of my own greatness.
2 more examples
Which the rather / We shall be bless'd to do, if he remember / A kinder value of the people than / He hath hereto priz'd them at.
1609, William Shakespeare, CoriolanusLords had not been frequent among her acquaintance hereto.
1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley ParsonageSynonyms: erenow
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbYet; so far.
Origin
- Middle Englishhereto, herto
- Englishhereto
From Middle English hereto, herto, equivalent to here + to.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian към това
- към това (kăm tova)to here; to this
Czech sem
- semto here; to this
Finnish tälle, tänne
- tälleto here; to this
- tänneto here; to this
- tämän suhteenregarding this subject
Māori ki konei
- ki koneito here; to this
Portuguese até aqui
- até aquito here; to this
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hereto
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Cite this entry
hereto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereto
“hereto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereto. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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