hence

[ hens ]

/ hɛns /

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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).

Origin of hence

1225–75; Middle English hens, hennes, equivalent to henne (Old English heonan) + -es -s¹

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hence

hence hither thence thither whence whither yon (see usage note at whence)

Words nearby hence

hen tracks, hen-and-chickens, henan, henbane, henbit, hence, henceforth, hench, henchman, hencoop, hendeca-

Example sentences from the Web for hence

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Hence, I suspect, the panic, the lockdown, the capitulation.

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Hence the recent Kerry trip to Rome to meet with Netanyahu and meetings with Europeans and Palestinians.

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Hence the SWAT teams and armored trucks surrounding his house.

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Hence arises a great variety of impressions and remarks which we accordingly find in this journal.

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Hence in the adult the left side of the superior mesenteric vessel gives rise to the vasa intestini tenuis.

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Hence the complete picture they give of life is of necessity fallacious: they can only represent what is unusual.

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Hence to go and return over the same mile, whether on the level or on the hill-side, takes ½ an hour.

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As the individuals of a given species have all the same definition, and hence the same essence, they are all one.

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British Dictionary definitions for hence

hence

/ (hɛns) /

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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 Origin for hence

Old English hionane; related to Old High German hinana away from here, Old Irish cen on this side

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