Thence

//ðɛns// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    From there, from that place or from that time. formal, not-comparable

    "I came thence."

  2. 2
    Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom. literary, not-comparable

    "I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains."

  3. 3
    From that time; thenceforth; thereafter archaic, not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result wordnet
  2. 2
    from that place or from there wordnet
  3. 3
    from that circumstance or source wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
thereforetherefromthereofaccordinglyawaybecause of that

Example

More examples

"The author leaves Luggnagg and sails to Japan. From thence he returns in a Dutch Ship to Amsterdam, and from Amsterdam to England."

Etymology

From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

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