English Online Dictionary. What means hence? What does hence mean?
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛns/
- Rhymes: -ɛns
Adverb
hence (not comparable)
- (archaic) From here, from this place, away.
- Synonym: herefrom
- (archaic, figuratively) From the living or from this world.
- (of a length of time) In the future from now.
- (conjunctive) As a result; therefore, for this reason.
- Synonym: consequently
- 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.
Antonyms
- hither
Derived terms
Related terms
- whence
- thence
Translations
Interjection
hence
- (obsolete) Go away! Begone!
Verb
hence (third-person singular simple present hences, present participle hencing, simple past and past participle henced)
- (obsolete, transitive) To utter "hence!" to; to send away.
- (dated, intransitive) To depart; to go away.
Anagrams
- Neche