thence
English
Etymology
From a Proto-Germanic root *þan- + adverbial genitive ending -s). Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðɛns/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛns
Adverb
thence (not comparable)
- From there, from that place or from that time.
- I came thence.
- Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii:
- Miranda: O, the heavens! / What foul play had we that we came from thence? / Or blessed was't we did?
- Prospero: Both, both, my girl. / By foul play, as thou sayst, were we heav'd thence, / But blessedly holp hither.
- (literary) Deriving from this or as a result of this; for that reason; therefore.
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