adverb · rare

thither

thi·ther

там, туди

есть, там, имеется

da, dort, dahin

To that placeTo that place.

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UK/ˈðɪðə/US/ˈðɪðɚ/

» Brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither.

Leuchtende Schmetterlinge flogen überall umher.

Meaning

2 senses

(archaic, literary, not comparable)To that place.
dorthin, dahin
туда́tudá
туди́tudý
to or toward that place; away from the speaker
(archaic, not comparable)To that point, end, or result.
The argument tended thither.

Examples

5 sentences

Brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither.
deLeuchtende Schmetterlinge flogen überall umher.
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He rambled hither and thither.
ruОн бродил туда и сюда.
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Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
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The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went.
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And Abraham said: Beware thou never bring my son back again thither.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to that place:

Русский

By meaning 1

to that place:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to that place:

Origin

From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy wit

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.

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