Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)In the future from now.

    A year hence it will be forgotten.

    з цьо́го ча́суz cʹóho čásu

  2. (conjunctive, not comparable)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.

    daher, deshalb, deswegen

    сле́довательноslédovatelʹno, поэ́томуpoétomu, потому́potomú

    о́тжеótže

    (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

  3. (archaic, not comparable)From here, from this place, away.

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

    Get thee hence, Satan!

    von hier, fort, von hinnen

    отсю́даotsjúda

    зві́дсиzvídsy

    from this place

  4. (archaic, figuratively, not comparable)From the living or from this world.

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

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Hence, they compete in the same market.

    Відтак, вони конкурують на одному й тому ж ринку.

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  2. Hence, we have to take care of ourselves.

    Відтак, ми маємо піклуватися самі про себе.

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  3. There is no smoke, and hence no fire.

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  4. What will become of the world thirty years hence?

    deWas wird aus der Welt in dreißig Jahren?

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  5. It will be all the same a hundred years hence.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
from here:
from this time, from now:
as a result, therefore:
Русский
By meaning 2
from here:
as a result, therefore:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
from here:
as a result, therefore:

Origin

A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial

A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan (“away", "hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē.

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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