hence

Meaning

Adv

1. (archaic, not-comparable) From here, from this place, away.
2. (archaic, figuratively, not-comparable) From the living or from this world.
3. (not-comparable) In the future from now.
4. (conjunctive, not-comparable) As a result; therefore, for this reason.

Intj

Go away! Begone!

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter "hence!" to; to send away.
2. (dated, intransitive) To depart; to go away.

Synonyms

therefore

so

consequently

thus

from here

thence

for this reason

and so

for that reason

wherefore

then

in consequence

as

ergo

as a result

henceforth

away

from now on

from there

accordingly

that means

from this

from that

off

rejoiced

result

significant

sterility

thereby

therefor

therein

thereupon

well

whereupon

after which

and then

from this place

in that

that’s why

access

from now

from this now

there by

true to the sense

away from here

that's why

after that

afterwards

ago

already

Translations

donc

deswegen

daqui

deshalb

daher

indi

ainsi

quindi

par conséquent

hiervandaan

perciò

van hier

hinc

daraus

per questo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɛns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

Cognate with Old Saxon: hinan

Cognate with Old High German: hinnan

Cognate with German: hinnen

Cognate with Dutch: heen

Cognate with Swedish: hän

In summary

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”).

Sentences

It was the official painting of the occasion and , hence , resides at Buckingham Palace .