hence en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɛns/
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Etymology
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. Cognate with Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan (German hinnen), Dutch heen, Swedish hän. Related to Old English her (“here”).
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable) From here, from this place, away.
I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.
Get thee hence, Satan!
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?
1849, Arthur Hugh Clough, Easter Day (Naples, 1849):`Now leave me,' she said, `and sleep if ye may. I must watch and think, for to-morrow night we go hence, and the time is long since I trod the path that we must follow.'
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:O Gertrude, come away: / The sun no ſooner ſhall the Mountaines touch, / But we will ſhip him hence,
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 272, column 1:
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(archaic, figuratively, not-comparable) From the living or from this world.
After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.
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(not-comparable, of a length of time) In the future from now.
A year hence it will be forgotten.
There may be an occasion to do so two years hence.
2024, Marshall H. Tanick, “Diversity on the bench should not only be about gender and race”, in MinnPost:[…]And now farewell / Till half an hour hence.
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 III, scene i]:
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(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.
That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;
1731 May 27, Benjamin Franklin, “Apology for Printers”, in The Pennsylvania Gazette:Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
1910, [1513], Niccolò Machiavelli, chapter VI, in Ninian Hill Thomson, transl., The Prince: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, Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles (translator), The Art of War, Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
Antonyms
Deriveds
therehence · hencefrom · henceforth · herehence · hence why · henceforward · henceforwards · henceafter
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Translations (142)
sv därför (as a result, therefore) · cs odtud (from here) · cmn 於是 /于是 (as a result, therefore) · nl bijgevolg (as a result, therefore) · nb av dette følger (as a result, therefore) · tr bu nedenle (as a result, therefore) · ms dari sini (from here) · oc atal (as a result, therefore) · nb herfra (from here) · fi tästedes (from this time, from now) · oc tre ara (from this time, from now) · ru поэ́тому (as a result, therefore) · ru отсю́да (from here) · bg оттук (from here) · mi nā konei (as a result, therefore) · ga uaidh seo (from here) · nl heen (from here) · es de aquí/acá/aquende (from here) · fr de là (as a result, therefore) · gl de acó (from here) · fr d'ici (from here) · mk значи (as a result, therefore) · cs proto (as a result, therefore) · ga mar sin (from here) · cmn 從這兒 /从这儿 (from here) · sv härifrån (from here) · nn difor (as a result, therefore) · az buradan (from here) · mk одовде (from here) · ar وَمِنْ ثَمَّ (as a result, therefore) · nb herav (as a result, therefore) · ms kerana itu (as a result, therefore) · el εξού (as a result, therefore) · ja ここから (from here) · fi tästä eteenpäin (from this time, from now) · gl de aquí (from here) · pl w związku z tym (as a result, therefore) · bg оттогава (from this time, from now) · nb herifra (from here) · uk з цьо́го ча́су (from this time, from now) · fi tästä (from here) · da heden (from here) · az burdan (from here) · oc es per aquò que (as a result, therefore) · uk о́тже (as a result, therefore) · tr itibaren (from this time, from now) · oc doncas (as a result, therefore) · it dunque (as a result, therefore) · cmn 所以 (as a result, therefore) · tr bu yüzden (as a result, therefore) · pl skutkiem tego (as a result, therefore) · pt daqui (from here) · pl więc (as a result, therefore) · sv följaktligen (as a result, therefore) · ps ځکه (as a result, therefore) · de deshalb (as a result, therefore) · fi joten (as a result, therefore) · uk зві́дси (from here) · ro așadar (as a result, therefore) · nl van hier (from here) · it quindi (as a result, therefore) · mk според тоа (as a result, therefore) · hu ennélfogva (as a result, therefore) · fr d'ici (from this time, from now) · ang heonan (from here) · pt portanto (as a result, therefore) · da derfor (as a result, therefore) · mi nō konei (from here) · he לכן (as a result, therefore) · pl przeto (as a result, therefore) · nb derfor (as a result, therefore) · ca per tant (as a result, therefore) · de deswegen (as a result, therefore) · de von hinnen (from here) · oc d'aicí (from here) · oc es per aiçò que (as a result, therefore) · fo hiðani (from here) · la ergo (as a result, therefore) · eo tial (as a result, therefore) · it perciò (as a result, therefore) · sv härav (as a result, therefore) · nb følgelig (as a result, therefore) · pl stąd (from here) · tr sebebiyle (as a result, therefore) · la hinc (from here) · ms justeru itu (as a result, therefore) · tr buradan (from here) · da herfra (from here) · cmn 從這裡 /从这里 (from here) · fr donc (as a result, therefore) · nn herifrå (from here) · ja それ故に (as a result, therefore) · mk оттука (from here) · ca així doncs (as a result, therefore) · is héðan (from here) · mi me te aha (as a result, therefore) · fr d'où (as a result, therefore) · sv hädan (from here) · la post (from here) · af van hier af (from here) · he מכאן (from here) · ro de aici (from here) · sv således (as a result, therefore) · oc d’aicí (from this time, from now) · ca idò (as a result, therefore) · ms oleh sebab itu (as a result, therefore) · grc ἐντεῦθεν (from here) · mi nō konei (as a result, therefore) · nl derhalve (as a result, therefore) · nb derav (as a result, therefore) · ru зна́чит (as a result, therefore) · la proinde (as a result, therefore) · ja 従って (as a result, therefore) · fi täältä (from here) · eo do (as a result, therefore) · de fort (from here) · cs tudíž (as a result, therefore) · fr ainsi (as a result, therefore) · sv hädanefter (from this time, from now) · tr dolayısıyla (as a result, therefore) · cmn 因此 (as a result, therefore) · ar وَعَلَيْهِ (as a result, therefore) · nl hiervandaan (from here) · nn derfor (as a result, therefore) · is þess vegna (as a result, therefore) · af hiervandaan (from here) · da deraf (as a result, therefore) · ps نو (as a result, therefore) · la ex hoc loco (from here) · fo hiðan (from here) · grc ἔνθεν (from here) · mk затоа (as a result, therefore) · nl dus (as a result, therefore) · bg следователно (as a result, therefore) · ru потому́ (as a result, therefore) · fi siksi (as a result, therefore) · nn følgjeleg (as a result, therefore) · de von hier (from here) · it da qui (from here) · de daher (as a result, therefore) · ru сле́довательно (as a result, therefore) · ko 따라서 (as a result, therefore)