thence

UK /ðɛns/ US /ðɛns/

adv 3

Definitions

adv

From there, from that place or from that time.

I came thence.

Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).

Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.

I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains.

From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

Collocations

ADJ.

brave, great, removed, south, spare, turned, turned

VERB + THENCE

back, bring, came, departing, lies, seat, took

THENCE + NOUN

agayn, calf, dardanus, hither, iasius, joseph, parlour, sire

PREP.

from, in, into, up

ADV.

again, also, away

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or r

adverb — from that place or from there

therefrom

adverb — from that circumstance or source

therefrom
thereof

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I came thence.

Wiktionary

Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).

Wiktionary

And from thence he went agaynſt yͤ inhabiters of Debir (but Debir was called Kiriath Sepher afoꝛetyme.)

Wiktionary

The author leaves Luggnagg and sails to Japan. From thence he returns in a Dutch Ship to Amsterdam, and from Amsterdam to England.

Tatoeba · #4613263

Thence forced away, brave Iphitus, and I, / and Pelias – Iphitus with age was slow, / and Pelias by Ulysses lamed.

Tatoeba · #6827926

"Thence Troy's great sire, if I remember right, / old Teucer, to Rhoeteum crossed the flood, / and for his future kingdom chose a site."

Tatoeba · #6979074

Usage Notes

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In some senses, thence is marked as formal, literary, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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