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thereto

/ˌðɛəˈtuː/US/ˌðɛɚˈtuː/

thereto adverb: to that.

Adverb

thereto (not comparable)

  1. (formal) To that.
    • 'There,' she went on, 'it [a scarab] must be one like it, and yet never did I see one like it, for thereto hung a history, and he who wore it prized it much.[']1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Ayesha Unveils”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 157
  2. (archaic, poetic) To it.
    • He strung the angelot; / Made rhymes thereto; […]1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Fourth”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 154
    • A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.c. 1955-1956 (written, published c. 1997), Jack Kerouac, Some of the Dharma

thereto meaning in Bengali

thereto in Bengali

ওদিকে, তাতে

Synonyms of thereto

Origin of thereto

From Middle English therto, from Old English þǣrtō (“thereto”), equivalent to there + to. Cognate with Scots tharto, thereto (“thereto”), Saterland Frisian deertou (“thereto”), West Frisian dêrta (“thereto”), Dutch daartoe (“thereto; for that”), German Low German daarto (“to that; for that; thereto”), German dazu (“to that; for that; thereto”).

Words that rhyme with thereto

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Questions about thereto

What does thereto mean?
Thereto means to that.
What is thereto in Bengali?
Thereto in Bengali is ওদিকে, তাতে. See Thereto meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is thereto?
Thereto is an adverb.
How do you pronounce thereto?
Thereto is pronounced /ˌðɛəˈtuː/ (UK).

Words near thereto in the dictionary

  1. Theresa
  2. Theresa Creek
  3. Theresa Park
  4. therethrough
  5. therethroughout
  6. thereto
  7. theretofore
  8. theretoward
  9. theretowards
  10. thereunder
  11. thereuntil

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thereto (page history and authors); thereto (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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