hither

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb to this place (especially toward the speaker)

Etymology

From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer.

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