Hence

Adverb

 * 1)  as a result; therefore, for this reason
 * ''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
 * ''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
 * 1) * 1910, Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles (translator), The Art of War, Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8,
 * Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
 * 1) * 1910, [1513], Niccolò Machiavelli, Ninian Hill Thomson (translator), The Prince, Chapter VI,
 * Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
 * 1)  from this time, from now
 * ''The plane will leave two months hence.
 * 1)  from this source or origin
 * They grew up at the White House; hence [stems] their lack of interest in politics.
 * 1) * 1731 May 27, Benjamin Franklin, Apology for Printers, published in The Pennsylvania Gazette,
 * That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;
 * 1)  from here, from this place, away
 * ''Get you hence!
 * ''I'm going hence, because you hit me.
 * ''Get thee hence, Satan!
 * 1) * c.1599-1601, William Shakespeare, ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 4, Scene 1,
 * O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence:
 * 1) * 1849, Arthur Hugh Clough, Easter Day (Naples, 1849),
 * Ye men of Galilee! / Why stand ye looking up to heaven, where Him ye ne’er may see, / Neither ascending hence, nor returning hither again?
 * 1)  from the living or from this world
 * ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.
 * 1)  henceforth, from this time
 * ''A year hence it will be forgotten.

Synonyms

 * consequently

Derived terms

 * henceforth
 * henceforward

Thesaurus
accordingly, as a result, away, because of that, because of this, consequently, ergo, for that, for that cause, for that reason, for this cause, for this reason, for which reason, forth, hereat, in the future, off, on that account, on that ground, on this account, out, propter hoc, so, then, thence, thereat, therefor, therefore, therefrom, thereof, thereupon, thus, thusly, thuswise, whence, wherefore, wherefrom

Etymology
A later spelling, retaining the breathy -s:, of hennes:, (henne: + adverbial genitive ending -s:), from  heonan:, from a West Germanic root *khin- (compare Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan, German hinnen, Dutch heen, Swedish hän); related to Old English her:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , par conséquent
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: לכן
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: ergo
 * Macedonian: значи, затоа,  според тоа
 * Norwegian: herav, av dette følger, derfor, derav
 * Polish: więc, skutkiem tego, w związku z tym
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: por lo tanto, por eso
 * Swedish:, följaktligen


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * French: d'où
 * German:


 * Italian: da ciò
 * Latin: inde, abhinc, ex eo tempore, istinc, ab eo tempore
 * Macedonian: значи, затоа,  заради тоа
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: de ahí


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: van hier
 * Finnish: tästedes, tästä eteenpäin
 * French: d'ici
 * German: von hier, fort, von dannen
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: héðan


 * Italian: da qui
 * Latin: hinc, ex hoc loco, post
 * Macedonian: оттука, одовде
 * Norwegian: herfra
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: de aquí
 * Swedish: ,


 * : tale
 * : karenanya
 * : oleh sebab yang demikian