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thereto

thereto

5 9.4
To the thing or document mentioned earlier
  • adverb
  • /θərˈiːtuː/
  • Formal
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  • The teacher is the authority, the students are inert and passive respondents thereto.
  • amendment thereto
  • pertaining thereto

Examples

  • Given this as an operating principle, the question is what sort of institutional arrangements most closely comport thereto?

    Academic text (1993)

  • Arise, Robin, Baron of Locksley, Earl of Sherwood and Nottingham... ...and lord of all the lands and manors appertaining thereto.

    The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

  • Over the past few months, I have read and considered your posts and the critical responses thereto.

    Blog text (22)

  • I hereby promote you to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, with all the rights and privileges thereto.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The Sweepstakes, and any website pages and advertisements relating thereto, are intended for viewing only within the United States.

    Blog text (14)

  • After the Camp David Accords were signed, and in explicit reference thereto, the Department of State enters into a contract with two professors of law to examine the history of autonomy under international law.

    Academic text (2000)

  • All protocols annexed to this Declaration of Principles and Agreed Minutes pertaining thereto shall be regarded as an integral part hereof.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Thereafter, no Senator shall be entitled to speak for more than one hour on the pending measure, the amendments thereto, and motions affecting the same, and it shall be the duty of the Presiding Officer to keep the time of each Senator who speaks.

    Academic text (2004)

  • No tax or charge shall be imposed or enforced by any State upon any person emigrating thereto from a foreign country which is not equally imposed and enforced upon every person emigrating to such State from any other foreign country, and any law of any State in conflict with this provision is hereby declared null and void.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The contract specifies numerous conditions, and all obligations related thereto must be fulfilled.

Synonyms

thereunto
vsthereto
  • Formal
1 9.9

To the thing just mentioned, often used in legal papers

has the same formal meaning but is a different form

Surface Forms

thereto positive

Morphology

thereto = there (transparent) = to + there

The meaning 'to that' is a straightforward combination of 'there' + 'to' and is recoverable by learners who know those words. [Postprocessing: moved 'to' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Thereto is simply made of there and to, so it literally means 'to that'. So it points 'to the thing just mentioned', which is why you often see it in legal or formal writing.