Future and Hitherto

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Future adjective - Of a time after the present.

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Hitherto is an antonym for future.

Nearby Words: futurist, futurism

Hitherto adverb - Up to this or that time.

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Future is an antonym for hitherto in earlier topic.

As a result, he ends up either encountering people he hasn't met who remember meeting him or being the hitherto unknown cause of events he'd previously learned about in the future.

Source: Series / 12 Monkeys
A new, vast and powerful language is developed for the future of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in our investigation have rendered possible!

Source: Webcomic / The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

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