"thence" meaning in English

See thence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ðɛns/ Audio: en-us-thence.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛns 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|þennes}} Middle English þennes, {{af|enm|þenne|-es|nocat=1|t2=adverbial ending}} þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*þananā}} Proto-West Germanic *þananā Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} thence (not comparable)
  1. (formal) From there, from that place or from that time. Tags: formal, not-comparable Translations (from there): ἐκεῖθεν (ekeîthen) (Ancient Greek), անտի (anti) [archaic] (Armenian), oradan (Azerbaijani), ordan (Azerbaijani), следователно (sledovatelno) (Bulgarian), odtud (Czech), deraf følger (Danish), deden (Danish), derfra (Danish), daarvandaan (Dutch), vandaar (Dutch), tuolta (Finnish), sieltä (Finnish), dès lors (note: from that time on) (French), de là (note: from that place) (French), ende [archaic] (Galician), en [archaic] (Galician), daher (German), von dannen [archaic] (German), dorther (German), 𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 (þaþrō) (Gothic), εκείθεν (ekeíthen) (Greek), वहाँ से (vahā̃ se) (Hindi), onnan (Hungarian), þaðan (Icelandic), depose (Ido), 거기에서 (geogieseo) (Korean), illim (Latin), illinc (Latin), inde (Latin), abinde (Latin), kodóó (Navajo), derfra (Norwegian Bokmål), derifra (Norwegian Bokmål), derifrå (Norwegian Nynorsk), derfrå (Norwegian Nynorsk), þanan (Old English), stamtąd (Polish), desde aí (Portuguese), daí (Portuguese), de acolo (Romanian), отту́да (ottúda) (Russian), desde ahí (Spanish), därifrån (Swedish), dädan - dialectally shortened to dän (note: from that place) [obsolete] (Swedish), sedan (note: from that time on) (Swedish), зві́дти (zvídty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-thence-en-adv-C5NzqOhQ Disambiguation of 'from there': 53 13 34
  2. (literary) Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom. Tags: literary, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-thence-en-adv-u5NbVk3c
  3. (archaic) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter Tags: archaic, not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thenceforth, thenceforward Related terms: hence, whence
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          "text": "From this we can find the characteristic roots b_1 and b_2 and thence proceed to the remaining steps of the solution process."
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        "(archaic) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter"
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          "text": "Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).",
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          "ref": "1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Judges j:[3], folio xiij, recto, column 2:",
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          "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 2:",
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          "ref": "2005, Alpha Chiang and Kevin Wainwright, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (4th ed.), McGraw-Hill International, p. 605",
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        "From there, from that place or from that time."
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        "(literary) Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom."
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        "From that time; thenceforth; thereafter"
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        "(archaic) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anti",
      "sense": "from there",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
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      "word": "անտի"
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "oradan"
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      "word": "ordan"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sledovatelno",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "следователно"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "odtud"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "deraf følger"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "deden"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "word": "derfra"
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      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "daarvandaan"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "vandaar"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "tuolta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "sieltä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "from that time on",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "dès lors"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "from that place",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "de là"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "from there",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ende"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "daher"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "from there",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "von dannen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "dorther"
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    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "þaþrō",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekeíthen",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "εκείθεν"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "ἐκεῖθεν"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vahā̃ se",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "वहाँ से"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "onnan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "þaðan"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "depose"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geogieseo",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "거기에서"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "illim"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "illinc"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "inde"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "abinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "kodóó"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "derfra"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "derifra"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "derifrå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "derfrå"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "þanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "stamtąd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "desde aí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "daí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "de acolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ottúda",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "отту́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "desde ahí"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "därifrån"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "from that place",
      "sense": "from there",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dädan - dialectally shortened to dän"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "from that time on",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "sedan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvídty",
      "sense": "from there",
      "word": "зві́дти"
    }
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}

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