hither

== English == === Etymology === From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɪðə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɪðɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ) Hyphenation: hi‧ther === Adverb === hither (not comparable) (literary or archaic) To this place, to here. over here ==== Usage notes ==== Compare to the pronominal adverb "hereto" which follows the pattern of "preposition + what" or "preposition + which". ==== Antonyms ==== hence ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== thither whither ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === hither (not comparable) (archaic) On this side; the nearer. Synonym: (literary) citerior ==== Derived terms ==== Hither Green ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Verb === hither (third-person singular simple present hithers, present participle hithering, simple past and past participle hithered) only used in the phrase hither and thither