Definition

1. Adverb:
   • From that place or thing: Indicates movement or origin starting from a previously mentioned location, point, or source.
   • From that fact, circumstance, or cause: Indicates a logical consequence, result, or derivation stemming from a previously stated fact or situation.

Usage

• Therefrom is a formal and somewhat archaic adverb. It is primarily used in legal, academic, or highly formal writing to create precise, concise connections. It is equivalent to the more common phrases "from there" or "from that."
• It typically follows the noun or concept it references. It is not used to begin a sentence.

Examples

• Indicating origin from a place or thing:
  • He took the key and removed the lock therefrom. (He took the key and removed the lock from it [the door].)
  • The estate includes a manor house and the lands therefrom. (The estate includes a manor house and the lands from that place.)
• Indicating a consequence or derivation:
  • The contract was void, and all obligations therefrom were canceled. (The contract was void, and all obligations arising from it were canceled.)
  • She deduced the answer and the proof therefrom. (She deduced the answer and the proof from that deduction.)

Advanced Usage

• Legal and Formal Contexts: "Therefrom" is common in legal documents to specify the source of a right, obligation, or condition.
  • The tenant shall enjoy the premises and the profits therefrom.
• Academic Writing: Used to succinctly show the origin of data or a logical step.
  • The theory makes a prediction, and an experiment follows therefrom.

Variants and Related Words

• Thereof (adv): Of that or from that. (e.g., )
• Therein (adv): In that place or in that respect. (e.g., )
• Thereto (adv): To that place or thing; in addition to that. (e.g., )
• Hence (adv): From this place or time; as a consequence. (More common than "therefrom" for logical consequence.)

Synonyms

• From there
• From that
• From it
• Consequently (for the logical sense)
• Deriving therefrom (as a phrase)

Antonyms

• Thereto (in the sense of "to that")
• Herefrom (from this place/cause – very rare)

Notes

• Therefrom is part of a set of formal compound adverbs (hereby, therein, thereof, etc.) that are used for precise reference in formal English. In everyday spoken and most written English, it is almost always replaced by a prepositional phrase like "from it," "from that," or "as a result."

Adverb

1. from that place or from there
   • proceeded thence directly to college
   • flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow
   • roads that lead therefrom
2. 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