thence
/ðens/
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Definition
- Adverb:
- From that place or from there: Indicates movement or origin starting from a specific, previously mentioned location.
- From that fact, circumstance, or source; as a result; therefore: Indicates a logical conclusion, consequence, or derivation from a stated fact or source.
Examples of Usage
- Indicating origin from a place:
- She traveled to London and thence to Paris. (She traveled to London and from that place [London] to Paris.)
- The road leads to the village; thence, you must walk. (The road leads to the village; from that place [the village], you must walk.)
- Indicating a logical conclusion or source:
- He was found guilty and thence sentenced to prison. (He was found guilty and as a result of that fact, sentenced to prison.)
- The theory is flawed; thence, its conclusions are unreliable. (The theory is flawed; therefore, its conclusions are unreliable.)
Advanced Usage
- "thenceforth" / "thenceforward": From that time onward.
- The treaty was signed, and thenceforth peace prevailed.
- In formal or literary contexts, thence can be used to mean "from that source" in a non-physical sense.
- He quoted from the ancient text and drew his inspiration thence.
Variants and Related Words
- Hence: Similar to thence when meaning "as a result" or "from this time," but "hence" more commonly refers to a point in time or a conclusion from the present, while "thence" often refers to a place or a source.
- Thenceforth (adv): From that time forward.
- Thenceforward (adv): From that time onward (synonymous with thenceforth).
Synonyms
- Therefore: For that reason; consequently.
- Thus: As a result or consequence of this; therefore.
- Consequently: As a result.
- From there: Indicating origin from a place.
Related Phrases
- From thence: Although considered redundant by some (as "thence" already contains "from"), this phrase is historically used for emphasis.
- They set out from thence at dawn.
- And thence: A connector used in narrative or formal writing to show sequence.
- We drove to the coast and thence along the shoreline.
Notes on Usage
- Then is a different word, primarily relating to time (at that time; next). Do not confuse then with thence.
- Thence is formal and somewhat archaic in modern everyday speech. It is more commonly found in legal, literary, historical, or formal academic writing.
- It often appears in structured sequences describing movement or logical argument.
Adverb
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- 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 so cannot be trusted
- from that circumstance or source
- 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
- from that place or from there
- proceeded thence directly to college
- flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow
- roads that lead therefrom