henceadverb
uk/hens/us/hens/formalhence adverb (THEREFORE)
C1 that is the reason or explanation for:
His mother was Italian, hence his name - Luca.
Synonym
therefore
More examples
- Peter's leaving at the end of this week - hence his anxiety to get his work finished.
- The prime minister was attending the conference, hence all the extra security.
- He's just got a pay rise, hence the new car.
- She's just found out she failed her exams, hence her bad mood.
- The firm is owned by Mark Atkins, hence the name - MA Advertising.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings
- and/or 2
- anyways
- concatenate
- conjunctive
- connective
- consequently
- ergo
- hereby
- mean
- moreover
- never
- now
- OK
- so
- sure enough idiom
- the thing is idiom
- there
- thing
- what
- with that idiom
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hence adverb (FROM NOW)
from this time:
The project will be completed at the end of the decade, two years hence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
In the future & soon
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead
- all in good time idiom
- anon
- ASAP
- come
- in for sth idiom
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) idiom
- later
- long
- someday
- sometime
- soon
- sooner or later idiom
- the days/week(s)/year(s) to come idiom
- then
- yet
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