What does therefore mean?
Definitions for therefore
ˈðɛərˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊrther·e·fore
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Princeton's WordNet
therefore, hence, thence, thus, soadverb
(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"
consequently, thereforeadverb
as a consequence
"he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held"
Wiktionary
thereforeadverb
For that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated.
thereforeadverb
Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
Etymology: From pronominal adverb therfore; see there, fore, and for.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thereforeadverb
Etymology: there and fore.
This is the latest parley we will admit;
Therefore to our best mercy give yourselves. William Shakespeare.Falstaff is dead,
And we must yern therefore. William Shakespeare, Henry V.Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife. Gen. ii. 24.
The herd that seeks after sensual pleasure is soft and unmanly; and therefore I compose myself to meet a storm. Lucas.
He blushes; therefore he is guilty. Spectator.
The wrestlers sprinkled dust on their bodies to give better hold: the glory therefore was greater to conquer without powder. Gilbert West, Pindar.
We have forsaken all and followed thee, what shall we have therefore? Mat. xix. 27.
Wikipedia
Therefore
Logical consequence (also entailment) is a fundamental concept in logic which describes the relationship between statements that hold true when one statement logically follows from one or more statements. A valid logical argument is one in which the conclusion is entailed by the premises, because the conclusion is the consequence of the premises. The philosophical analysis of logical consequence involves the questions: In what sense does a conclusion follow from its premises? and What does it mean for a conclusion to be a consequence of premises? All of philosophical logic is meant to provide accounts of the nature of logical consequence and the nature of logical truth.Logical consequence is necessary and formal, by way of examples that explain with formal proof and models of interpretation. A sentence is said to be a logical consequence of a set of sentences, for a given language, if and only if, using only logic (i.e., without regard to any personal interpretations of the sentences) the sentence must be true if every sentence in the set is true.Logicians make precise accounts of logical consequence regarding a given language L {\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}} , either by constructing a deductive system for L {\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}} or by formal intended semantics for language L {\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}} . The Polish logician Alfred Tarski identified three features of an adequate characterization of entailment: (1) The logical consequence relation relies on the logical form of the sentences: (2) The relation is a priori, i.e., it can be determined with or without regard to empirical evidence (sense experience); and (3) The logical consequence relation has a modal component.
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therefore
Therefore is a conjunction used to indicate a logical consequence or conclusion based on the premises or evidence presented. It is used to connect a statement or argument with the resulting outcome or inference that can be drawn from it.
Webster Dictionary
Thereforeadverb
for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that
Thereforeadverb
consequently; by consequence
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'therefore' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #391
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'therefore' in Written Corpus Frequency: #571
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'therefore' in Adverbs Frequency: #57
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of therefore in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of therefore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of therefore in a Sentence
I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.
In Eastern Orthodoxy, for example, the fasting rules are pretty elaborate -- no milk, no eggs, no meat, no fish with blood systems, and sometimes no leavened bread, even though the foods for Lent are really wonderful and tasty, they still remind you that you are in the middle of a fasting period and therefore, your eating habits continually reinforce the spiritual disciplines you're supposed to be working through.
TikTok’s algorithms make it truly unique in terms of data harvesting and strategic analytics, therefore, I don’t see Beijing allowing it to fall into the hands of US interests, unless they can somehow still access TikTok’s data through other means and methods, including ongoing cyber intrusion and other forms of back-door access.
[The client became] less worried about [her husband’s] emotional state, she felt better about her own life and was therefore happier being with him.
Up to two-thirds of them report sleep disturbances when they stop cannabis use, and it is a frequent reason for relapse to cannabis use, therefore, cannabis can set up a pattern where it is minimally helpful for sleep in the short term and then disrupt sleep, making it difficult to stop use in the medium to long term.
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- لهذا, لذلكArabic
- тамуBelarusian
- затоваBulgarian
- per això, per tantCatalan, Valencian
- protoCzech
- derforDanish
- deswegen, sonach, demnach, mithin, darum, also, deshalb, somit, daher, demzufolgeGerman
- επομένωςGreek
- por eso, por lo tantoSpanish
- بدلیل آنPersian
- sen vuoksi, siksi, sen takia, jotenFinnish
- pour ça, donc, en conséquence, par conséquentFrench
- dêromWestern Frisian
- אָזHebrew
- इसलिए, इसलियेHindi
- emiatt, ezért, azért, tehát, következésképpenHungarian
- ուրեմն, հետևաբարArmenian
- karena ituIndonesian
- quindiItalian
- それ故に, 従って, 故に, ですからJapanese
- អញ្ចឹងKhmer
- 따라서, 그래서, 그러므로Korean
- autem, propterea, itaque, igitur, ergōLatin
- mā reira, nā reiraMāori
- затоаMacedonian
- derforNorwegian
- daarom, bijgevolg, daardoor, waardoorDutch
- diforNorwegian Nynorsk
- éí biniinaa, hááláNavajo, Navaho
- nindawaaOjibwe, Ojibwa
- więc, zatem, dlategoPolish
- ځکه, نوPashto, Pushto
- por isto, logo, portanto, assim sendo, consequentementePortuguese
- perquaiRomansh
- prin urmare, deci, așadarRomanian
- следовательно, поэтому, посему, зато, потомуRussian
- zato, зато, стога, dakle, дакле, stogaSerbo-Croatian
- pretoSlovak
- zatoSlovene
- därförSwedish
- எனவேTamil
- అందుకే, కాబట్టి, అందుచేత, కనుకTelugu
- แล้วจึง, ดังนั้นThai
- bundan dolayı, bu nedenle, dolayısıyla, o yüzden, binaenaleyh, bu yüzdenTurkish
- тому, затимUkrainian
- اس لئےUrdu
- vì thế, cho nên, vậy thì, bởi vậyVietnamese
- 因此Chinese
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