Hence Definition

hĕns
adverb
From this place; away.
Go hence.
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From this time; after now.
A year hence.
Webster's New World
For this reason; as a result; therefore.
Webster's New World
Thereafter; subsequently.
Webster's New World
From this origin or source.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
interjection
Leave; go away.
Webster's New World
verb

(obsolete) To send away.

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Origin of Hence

  • A later Middle English spelling, retaining the breathy -s, of hennes, (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan (“away", "hence”), from a West Germanic root *hin- (compare Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan, German hinnen, Dutch heen, Swedish hän); related to Old English her (“here”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English hennes from here henne (from Old English heonan ko- in Indo-European roots) -es adv. suff. –s3

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hence Sentence Examples

  • The roads were covered in ice; hence it was not safe to drive.

  • The customer was displeased with her meal, hence the chef prepared a replacement.

  • Hence the theorem is established.

  • Hence the Mediterranean region is characteristically one of winter rains, the distinctive feature becoming less sharply defined from south to north, and the amount of total annual fall increasing in the same direction.

  • Any portion of the underground rhizome when broken off is capable of producing a new plant; hence the difficulty of eradicating them when once established.

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Words Starting With

HHEHEN

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ECENCE

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