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hence
[ hens ]
adverb
- as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
The eggs were very fresh and hence satisfactory.
- from this time; from now:
They will leave a month hence.
- from this source or origin.
- Archaic.
- from this place; from here; away:
The inn is but a quarter mile hence.
- from this world or from the living:
After a long, hard life they were taken hence.
- henceforth; from this time on.
interjection
- Obsolete. depart (usually used imperatively).
hence
/ ɛԲ /
sentence connector
- for this reason; following from this; therefore
adverb
- from this time
a year hence
- archaic.
- from here or from this world; away
- from this origin or source
interjection
- archaic.begone! away!
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hence1
Example Sentences
Especially in springtime, you’ll find some have vibrant blue patches brightening their stomachs and throats, hence their other name: “blue bellies.”
That's partly because scientists have only been able to use satellites for a few decades to observe about 10 cases of ice shelves collapsing - hence the desire to look for examples further back in time.
The legendary saga of “meat chair,” a wildly expensive single item of patio furniture that was, for a time, regretfully on display in the deli area, hence the name.
Hess and Black thought it would be funny if Black's character Steve announced everything that happens to him intensely, hence the "Chicken jockey!" meme taking off.
But the Premier League can only have 12 weeks of a summer window - hence the five-day break in order to run it until 1 September.
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