Standard Lemma guide

herewith

adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 R W IH1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

with this; especially, with this letter or communication

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

by this means

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

in this way, hereby

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

(formal) by means of this

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I hereby declare you man and wife

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hereby

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English herwith or her-with, from late Old English herwiþ. By surface analysis, here + with.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: с това (s tova) — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Bulgarian: с настоящото (s nastojaštoto) — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Dutch: hiermee — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Dutch: hierbij — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Esperanto: ĉi kune — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Finnish: täten — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • French: avec quoi — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • French: ci-joint — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • German: hiermit — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Hungarian: ezzel — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Persian: بدین وسیله (bedin vasile) — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Portuguese: com isto — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Russian: при сём (pri sjom) — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Russian: сим (sim) — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Swedish: härmed — with this (especially, with this letter or communication)
  • Finnish: täten — by this means
  • Finnish: tällä — by this means
  • Hungarian: ezáltal — by this means
  • Finnish: näin — in this way
  • Finnish: täten — in this way
  • Hungarian: ezennel — in this way