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Hitherto vs Surrounding - What's the difference?

hitherto | surrounding |

As an adverb hitherto

is (formal|or|legal) up to this or that time .

As a verb surrounding is

.

As a noun surrounding is

outlaying area; area in proximity to something.

As an adjective surrounding is

which surrounds something.

hitherto

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (formal, or, legal) Up to this or that time.
  • * 1830 , Anna Maria Porter, The Barony (volume 3, page 460)
    • The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind

    Related terms

    * heretofore * thitherto

    surrounding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • outlaying area; area in proximity to something
  • environment

    • Synonyms

    * periphery

    Adjective

    (-)
  • which surrounds something