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thither en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈðɪðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈðɪðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈθɪðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈθɪðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, no-comparative) The farther, the other and more distant.
    • the thither side of life, that is to say, afterlife

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
thithermost Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

hither · from · here · whence · whither · where · to · thence · hence · there

Synonyms

farther

thither en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈðɪðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈðɪðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈθɪðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈθɪðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, literary, not-comparable) To that place.
    • And there rises a shining palace whose crystal glittering roof is seen by mariners who traverse the extensive sea in barks built expressly for that purpose, and thither come all herds and fatlings and firstfruits of that land for O'Connell Fitzsimon takes toll of them, a chieftain descended from chieftains. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
    • […] Eleutherius, who thinking himself concern'd, because he brought me thither […] 1661, Robert Boyle, “Physiological Considerations Touching the Experiments Wont to be Employed to Evince either the IV Peripatetick Elements, or the III Chymical Principls of Mixt Bodies. Part of the First Dialogue.”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC, page 9:
    • But the road left the river again; there were certainly twistings and turnings, as the old woman had said, for at one moment it wound hither and the next thither, and at some places it was almost imperceptible. 1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 280:
    • Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither […] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 19:20:
    • [A]ll thoſe goods, and a great deal of money in ſpecie, is return'd hither for and in ballance of our ovvn manufactures and merchandizes exported thither; […] 1725 (indicated as 1726), [Daniel Defoe], “Letter XXIII. Of the Inland Trade of England, Its Magnitude, and the Great Advantage It is to the Nation in General.”, in The Complete English Tradesman, in Familiar Letters; Directing Him in All the Several Parts and Progressions of Trade. […], volume I, London: […] Charles Rivington […], →OCLC, page 390:
  2. (archaic, not-comparable) To that point, end, or result.
    • The argument tended thither.

Antonyms

thence

Deriveds

hither and thither · hither, thither and yon · thitherside · thitherward · thitherto · thitherwards

Relateds

hither · whither · yon

Synonyms

there · over there · yonder · away there

Translations (76)

uk туди́ (to that place) · fr d'ici là (to that place) · nn dit (to that place) · ga sall (to that place) · tr oraya (to that place) · af daarnatoe (to that place) · ru туда́ (to that place) · sq Aseid (gheg) (to that place) · ur اُدَھر (to that place) · fo hagar (to that place) · el εκείσε (to that place) · vi đằng kia (to that place) · yi אַהין (to that place) · hu oda (to that place) · ta அங்கு (to that place) · la eodem (to that place) · pl dotamtąd (to that place) · mi atu (to that place) · de dorthin (to that place) · ro încolo (to that place) · bg нататък (to that place) · ang þæder (to that place) · de dahin (to that place) · fi sinne (to that place) · sk tam (to that place) · sh tamo (to that place) · he לשם (to that place) · pl tam (to that place) · ar إِلَى هُنَاك (to that place) · da did (to that place) · is þangað (to that place) · tr şuraya (to that place) · esu yaatmun (to that place) · cmn 到那裡 /到那里 (to that place) · he שמה (to that place) · nl aldaar (to that place) · mi ki reira (to that place) · nb dit (to that place) · ko 저쪽으로 (to that place) · bg натам (to that place) · nb dit hen (to that place) · lv tur (to that place) · pt para lá (to that place) · ja あそこへ (to that place) · sv dit (to that place) · ga anonn (to that place) · ps هورې (to that place) · nb ditover (to that place) · ps هلته (to that place) · io adibe (to that place) · hi उधर (to that place) · nl daarheen (to that place) · grc ἔνθα (to that place) · cs tam (to that place) · lv turp (to that place) · fr là (to that place) · id ke sana (to that place) · da derhen (to that place) · be туды́ (to that place) · la illūc (to that place) · sh onamo (to that place) · id ke situ (to that place) · nl derwaarts (to that place) · ja そこへ (to that place) · mk таму (to that place) · sq andej (to that place) · el προς τα εκεί (to that place) · scn ḍḍocu (to that place) · nv ákǫ́ǫ́ (to that place) · got 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳 (to that place) · mk натаму (to that place) · grc ἐκεῖ (to that place) · es para ahí/allí/allá/acullá/allende (to that place) · qu jaqayman (to that place) · eo tien (to that place) · grc ἐκεῖσε (to that place)