hence
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore: The eggs were very fresh and hence satisfactory.
from this time; from now: They will leave a month hence.
from this source or origin.
Archaic.
from this place; from here; away: The inn is but a quarter mile hence.
from this world or from the living: After a long, hard life they were taken hence.
henceforth; from this time on.
Obsolete. depart (usually used imperatively).
Origin of hence
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How to use hence in a sentence
“hence, there might be a net benefit, at least to some females, of breeding within the natal group,” the researchers speculate.
Mongooses, Meerkats, and Ants, Oh My! Why Some Animals Keep Mating All in the Family | Helen Thompson | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASThence, I suspect, the panic, the lockdown, the capitulation.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack | James Poulos | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASThence the recent Kerry trip to Rome to meet with Netanyahu and meetings with Europeans and Palestinians.
Why We Should Delay The Israel-Palestinian Peace Process | Aaron David Miller | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn schools, this meant finding new ways to evaluate students—and hence their teachers.
hence the SWAT teams and armored trucks surrounding his house.
hence arise factions, dissensions, and loss to their religious interests and work; and these intruders seek to rule the others.
hence Napoleon was driven more and more to trust to the advice of the rash, unstable King of Naples.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattisonhence it can be seen what hope there is of establishing a flourishing christian church by such evangelists.
hence their presence elsewhere, in spite of their passionate attachment to their free native hills.
Glances at Europe | Horace Greeleyhence it was that he found in Great Britain an implacable enemy ever stirring up against him European coalitions.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for hence
/ (hɛns) /
for this reason; following from this; therefore
from this time: a year hence
archaic
from here or from this world; away
from this origin or source
archaic begone! away!
Origin of hence
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