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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hence /hɛns/USA pronunciation adv. - for this reason;
therefore:The new secretary was caught stealing and hence must be fired. - from this time;
from now:in a month hence. - from this source or origin:Hence the knight set forth on a quest.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hence (hens),USA pronunciation adv. - 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.
interj. - [Obs.]depart (usually used imperatively).
- Middle English hens, hennes, equivalent. to henne (Old English heonan) + -es -s1 1225–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hence /hɛns/ sentence connector - for this reason; following from this; therefore
adv - from this time: a year hence
- archaic from here or from this world; away
- from this origin or source
interj - archaic begone! away!
Etymology: Old English hionane; related to Old High German hinana away from here, Old Irish cen on this side |