What does Hence mean?
Definitions for Hence
hɛnsHence
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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"
henceadverb
from this place
"get thee hence!"
henceadverb
from this time
"a year hence it will be forgotten"
Wiktionary
henceadverb
from here, from this place, away
henceadverb
in the future from now
A year hence it will be forgotten.
henceadverb
as a result; therefore, for this reason
henceadverb
from this time, from now
The plane will leave two months hence.
Etymology: A later spelling, retaining the breathy -s, of hennes, (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from heonan, from a West Germanic root *khin- (compare Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan, German hinnen, Dutch heen, Swedish hän); related to Old English her.
Webster Dictionary
Henceadverb
from this place; away
Henceadverb
from this time; in the future; as, a week hence
Henceadverb
from this reason; as an inference or deduction
Henceadverb
from this source or origin
Henceverb
to send away
Etymology: [OE. hennes, hens (the s is prop. a genitive ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnn, G. hinnen, OHG. hina, G. hin; all from the root of E. he. See He.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hence
hens, adv. from this place or time: in the future: from this cause or reason: from this origin.—interj. away! begone!—advs. Hence′forth, Hencefor′ward, from this time forth or forward. [M. E. hennes, henne—A.S. heonan, from the base of he; Ger. hinnen,hin, hence; so L. hinc, hence—hic, this.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Hence' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2106
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Hence' in Adverbs Frequency: #173
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Hence in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Hence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Hence in a Sentence
China released the mother of all credit avalanches, hence the double-digit growth and making decision makers more complacent - they thought they could outgrow the previous overcapacity problem.
Most of these kids only want to go to Britain. If you take them away, they'll come back, we are still in the dark when it comes to assessing exactly who these children are and hence what can be done for them.
I very much understand it’s too sensitive a topic to be brushed off, i addressed and handled the situation when it took place, hence my regret at making it public now.
However much we talk of the inexorable laws governing the life of individuals and of societies, we remain at the bottom convinced that in human affairs everything in more or less fortuitous. We do not even believe in the inevitability of our own death. Hence the difficulty of deciphering the present, of detecting the seeds of things to come as they germinate before our eyes. We are not attuned to seeing the inevitable.
We opened this week seeing the dive in global markets and continued sell-off in the region and hence we followed the pace.
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Translations for Hence
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- بالتاليArabic
- odtud, tudížCzech
- heden, deraf, derforDanish
- von dannen, fort, deshalb, demnach, daherGerman
- do, tialEsperanto
- por lo tanto, de ahíSpanish
- tästedes, siksi, jotenFinnish
- ainsi, par conséquent, donc, d'oùFrench
- לכן, מכאןHebrew
- इसलियेHindi
- ennélfogvaHungarian
- karenanyaIndonesian
- héðan, þess vegnaIcelandic
- perciò, quindi, dunqueItalian
- ここから, それ故にJapanese
- 금후Korean
- abhinc, hinc, ab eo tempore, post, proinde, inde, istinc, ex hoc loco, ex eo tempore, ergoLatin
- nō koneiMāori
- значи, затоа, одовде, заради тоа, оттука, според тоаMacedonian
- justeru itu, dari sekarang, dari sini, kerana itu, oleh sebab ituMalay
- herfra, herifraNorwegian
- heen, van hier, vandaar, hiervandaan, bijgevolg, dus, derhalveDutch
- herifråNorwegian Nynorsk
- av, herav, følger, derfor, dette, deravNorwegian
- więcPolish
- نو, ځکهPashto, Pushto
- daqui, daí, portantoPortuguese
- de aici, așadarRomanian
- поэтому, потому, значит, следовательно, отсюдаRussian
- häden, härav, följaktligen, hädanefter, därför, däravSwedish
- لہذاUrdu
- 故Chinese
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