hence

== 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