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hencehence /hens/ ●○○ AWL adverb formal   henceOrigin: 1200-1300 hen ‘hence’ (12-15 centuries) (from Old English heonan) + -s (as in backwards) - In "The Young Slave" the jealous stepmother turns the main character into a slave, hence the story's title.
- High interest rates lead to the following problems: They may discourage investment plans and hence long-term growth.
- In his benevolent aspect he is the source of rain and hence petitioned to alleviate drought, and also to prevent meningitis.
- Let us, in our imagination, look back from five years hence.
- Many left no records, hence the difficulty of assessing the importance of charity locally or nationally.
- Naturally that had merely increased Blythe's curiosity, for the public, hence journalists, loved skeletons in cupboards.
- These are protein molecules, which owe their specificity to their amino acid sequence, and hence ultimately to the genes.
- Where rainfall is adequate soil is frequently bad: hence the rain-soaked, acid fields in parts of Galicia.
► therefore for this reason: · She already had a lot of experience and therefore seemed the best candidate for the job. ► so therefore. So is less formal than therefore, and is more common in everyday English: · They had not eaten all day, so they were very hungry. ► thus formal as a result of what you have just mentioned: · The program is very simple and thus easy to run. ► hence formal for this reason: · This material is highly poisonous, hence the importance of careful handling. ► as a result used when saying that because of a particular situation, something else happens or is true: · Some people suffer from stress at work and become ill as a result.· Economic growth slowed down as a result of inflation. ► consequently/as a consequence used when saying that because of a particular situation, something else happens or is true. Consequently and as a consequence are more formal than as a result: · The disease attacks the plant, the flower does not open, and consequently no seeds are produced.· As a consequence of global warming, our climate is already starting to change. ► this means that used when saying what the result of something is: · If students arrive late, this means that lesson time is wasted. ► for this reason used when explaining the reason for something: · Spell check programs do not recognize when you have used the wrong word. For this reason, you must still read over your work carefully. 1[sentence adverb] for this reason:  The area was full of black smoke from factories, hence the name "the Black Country." The cost of transport is a major expense for an industry. Hence factory location is an important consideration.► see thesaurus at therefore2ten days hence/five months hence etc ten days from now, five months from now etc |