Hence

//ˈhɛns// adv, intj, name, verb

adv, intj, name, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To utter "hence!" to; to send away. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To depart; to go away. dated, intransitive
Adverb
  1. 1
    From here, from this place, away. archaic, not-comparable

    "I'm going hence, because you have insulted me."

  2. 2
    From the living or from this world. archaic, figuratively, not-comparable

    "After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence."

  3. 3
    In the future from now. not-comparable

    "A year hence it will be forgotten."

  4. 4
    As a result; therefore, for this reason. conjunctive, not-comparable

    "I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party."

Adverb
  1. 1
    (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result wordnet
  2. 2
    from this time wordnet
  3. 3
    from this place wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Go away! Begone! obsolete

    "Zuc[cone]. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name. rare

Synonyms

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consequentlythereforeaccordinglyas a resultawaybecause of that

Example

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"Hence 50 percent of the muscle can give way to fat."

Etymology

A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan (“away", "hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē. Cognate with Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan (German hinnen), Dutch heen, Swedish hän. Related to Old English her (“here”).

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