hence
pronunciation
How to pronounce hence in British English:
UK [hens]
How to pronounce hence in American English:
US [hens]
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- Adverb:
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- from this place
- from this time
Word Origin
- hence (adv.)
- late 13c., hennes, from Old English heonan "away, hence," from West Germanic *hin- (see Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan, German hinnen); related to Old English her "here" (see here). With adverbial genitive -s. The modern spelling (mid-15c.) is phonetic, to retain the breathy -s- (see twice, pence). Original sense is "away from here;" of time, from late 14c.; meaning "from this (fact or circumstance)" first recorded 1580s. Wyclif (1382) uses hennys & þennys for "from here and there, on both sides."
Antonym
Example
- 1. Hence the importance of the second question .
- 2. In fact exports and hence profits would certainly be reduced .
- 3. Hence the apparent unresponsiveness to more positive news .
- 4. Hence joost 's most shocking innovation , which is not to change the practices that tv adopted decades ago .
- 5. Hence the search for alternatives .