Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb For this reason; therefore.
- adverb From this source.
- adverb From this time; from now.
- adverb From this place; away from here.
- adverb From this life.
from The Century Dictionary.
- From this place; from or away from here.
- From this time; in the future.
- For this cause or reason; as a consequence of, or an inference or a deduction from, something just stated.
- From this source or original.
- To send away; despatch.
- To go hence; go away: depart.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To send away.
- adverb From this place; away.
- adverb From this time; in the future.
- adverb From this reason; therefore; -- as an inference or deduction.
- adverb From this source or origin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb archaic
from here , from thisplace ,away - adverb archaic in the future from now
- adverb conjunctive as a
result ;therefore , for thisreason - adverb temporal location from this time, from now
- verb obsolete To
send away .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb from this place
- adverb from this time
- adverb (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Teves was also an author of RA 8047 and hence is presumed to intimately know the Congressional deliberations conducted prior to the enactment of that law.
On the Great Book Blockade of 2009 (Updated 7 May) (with BDAP Paper) « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009
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Of course, as the Self-annointed Second Coming (no pun intended) of the Prodigal Son, maybe Frank has spent a fair amount of time covered by Santorum and, hence, is not perturbed.
Think Progress » Santorum excuses Graham’s anti-Muslim comments, calls them ‘reasonable.’ 2010
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Oslo assured this and hence is a part of the problem.
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I think King wins the argument so far, there is indeed spare capacity and a weaker pound helps some sectors over others ; at the same time, however, Sentance is right - the trend in commodity prices will remain steeply upward in the near to medium term hence the need to contain their impact, but why do that solely via the exchange rate?
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She presents herself in public and hence is an object of positive or negative regard, as the case may be.
Think Progress » Palin’s talk show debut garners weak reviews, lower-than-expected ratings. 2010
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That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
Think Progress » Kansas Attorney General Refuses To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform 2010
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Hmmmm. Who has the most seats in the House and Senate — and hence is most likely to LOSE from this tidal wave of hatred?
Matthew Yglesias » Obama > Congressional Democrats > Congressional GOP 2010
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I think King wins the argument so far, there is indeed spare capacity and a weaker pound helps some sectors over others ; at the same time, however, Sentance is right - the trend in commodity prices will remain steeply upward in the near to medium term hence the need to contain their impact, but why do that solely via the exchange rate?
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Her issues are closer to John MaCain hence my votes goes to John McCain.
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Here Gau spirits are born and hence is called Gosava or Goloka.
Shree Satya Narayan Puja « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
biligsiz commented on the word hence
I couldn't sleep at all last night hence I am going to go to the bed when I get home.
January 22, 2013