hence

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɛns/

Adverb

hence (not comparable)

1. (archaic) from here, from this place, away

   I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.

   Get thee hence, Satan!

   • 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:

2. (archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world

   ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.

3. (archaic, of a length of time) in the future from now

   ''A year hence it will be forgotten.

   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene i:

     […] And now farewell / Till half an hour hence.

4. (conjunctive) 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.

   • 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.

   • 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.

   • 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;

Synonyms

• (from this place) herefrom
• (as a result; therefore, for this reason) consequently

Antonyms

• hither

Related terms

• whence
• thence

Translations

• French: d'ici
• German: von hier, fort, von dannen
• Italian: da qui
• Portuguese: daqui
• Russian: отсю́да
• Spanish: de aquí

Translations

• French: ainsi, donc, d'où
• German: daher, deshalb, deswegen
• Italian: perciò, dunque, quindi
• Portuguese: portanto
• Russian: сле́довательно
• Spanish: por lo tanto, por eso

Translations

• French: d'ici

Interjection

1. (obsolete) Go away! Begone!

   "...Hence! and bestow your dead

   Where no wrong against him cries!"

   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I Scene 2:

     MIRANDA: Beseech you, father——

     PROSPERO: Hence! Hang not on my garments.

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Hence

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Proper noun

1. (very, rare) A male given name.

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