Definitions of Hence [ɛns]

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Definition of 'Hence'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adv.) hence
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore.

2. hence
from this time; from now:
a month hence.

3. hence
from this source or origin.

4. (interj.) hence
Obs. depart (usu. used imperatively).

Etymology: (1225–75; ME hens, hennes=henne (OE heonan) +-es -s¹)

Definition of 'Hence'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adverb) therefore, hence, thence, thus, so
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
"therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"

2. (adverb) hence
from this place
"get thee hence!"

3. (adverb) hence
from this time
"a year hence it will be forgotten"

Definition of 'Hence'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adverb) hence
indicates the reason for sth
This water breeds mosquitoes, hence the high occurrence of malaria.

Definition of 'Hence'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) Hence
from this place; away

2. (adverb) Hence
from this time; in the future; as, a week hence

3. (adverb) Hence
from this reason; as an inference or deduction

4. (adverb) Hence
from this source or origin

5. (verb) Hence
to send away

Translation of 'Hence'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: for this reason Hence, I shall have to stay.
Afrikaans: daarom, derhalwe	Arabic: لهذا السَّبب	Bulgarian: затова
Brazilian: por isso	Czech: proto	German: folglich
Danish: derfor; følgeligt	Greek: γι' αυτόν το λόγο	Spanish: por lo tanto, por consigu
Estonian: niisiis	Farsi: بنابراين	Finnish: joten
French: donc, par conséquent	Hebrew: לְפִיכָך	Hindi: इस कारण से
Croatian: zato, stoga	Hungarian: ennélfogva	Indonesian: karenanya
Icelandic: þess vegna	Italian: perciò	Japanese: それゆえ
Korean: 그 때문에	Lithuanian: taigi, vadinasi	Latvian: tādēļ; tādējādi
Malay: oleh sebab itu	Dutch: dientengevolge	Norwegian: følgelig, derfor
Polish: stąd, z tego powodu	Persian: بنابراين	Pashto: ځكه نو ، په دې دليل ، له
Portuguese: por isso	Romanian: deci, prin urmare	Russian: следовательно
Slovak: a preto, a tak	Slovenian: torej	Serbian: otud
Swedish: följaktligen, på grund hä	Thai: เพราะฉะนั้น	Turkish: bu yüzden, bu nedenle
Taiwanese: 因此	Ukrainian: отже	Urdu: اس لیے
Vietnamese: dođó; vì thế	Chinese: 因此
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