English Explanatory Dictionary

thence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. From there, from that place or from that time.
  2. Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.
  3. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

Pronunciation

/ðɛns/ en-us-thence.ogg

Word forms

thence

Etymology

From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

Antonyms

thither

Related words

hence whence

Derived words

thence after thenceafter thenceforth thenceforward thenceforwards thencefrom
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