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thereto

adv.
C2 Proficiency US //ˈðɛɹˌtu// UK //ðeətˈuː// there·to Archaic Formal Literary

adv. to that place or thing. You use this in very formal writing to show where something goes or where it is located.

adv. to that place, thing, or state. Used in formal or legal contexts to indicate a destination or a specific point of reference.


SIMPLE

The documents are attached thereto.

CONTEXTUAL

The contract specifies that the signatures must be placed thereto before the agreement becomes valid.

COMPLEX

The legal team argued that the evidence was not thereto, meaning it did not belong to the specific case being heard by the court.

Origin

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”).

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