THENCE as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • therefore X must be true
    • the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory
    • we were young and thence optimistic
    • it is late and thus we must go
    • the witness is biased and
  2. Meaning
    • from that place or from there
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • proceeded thence directly to college
    • flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow
    • roads that lead therefrom
  3. Meaning
    • from that circumstance or source
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible- W.V.Quine
    • a natural conclusion follows thence
    • public interest and a policy deriving therefrom
    • typhus fever results therefrom