therefore
in consequence of that; as a result; consequently: I think; therefore I am.
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How to use therefore in a sentence
therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
It's cheesy and ludicrous and, therefore, delightful; it's the reading equivalent of hate-watching.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits | Emily Shire | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTtherefore, some Democrats are under pressure to take policy actions their union allies oppose.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats | Daniel DiSalvo | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTtherefore, we should—you guessed it—develop the Canadian tar sands and build the Keystone pipeline.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline | Jay Michaelson | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis may be the case—but it is not remotely plausible evidence that this attack was therefore orchestrated by North Korea.
I, therefore, deliver it as a maxim, that whoever desires the character of a proud man ought to conceal his vanity.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. BallouBut if God made man, then God is responsible for all man's acts and thoughts, and therefore man cannot sin against God.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordI am therefore quite sure I shall be content to await his father's consent, should it not come these many years.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterAn estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddI shall therefore, in my effort to prove the Bible fallible, quote almost wholly from Christian critics.
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
British Dictionary definitions for therefore
/ (ˈðɛəˌfɔː) /
thus; hence: used to mark an inference on the speaker's part: those people have their umbrellas up: therefore, it must be raining
consequently; as a result: they heard the warning on the radio and therefore took another route
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