Definizione monolingua

hence

hence (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason

   I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.

   The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.

   • 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.

   • 1910, [1513], Niccolò Machiavelli, Ninian Hill Thomson (translator), The Prince, Chapter VI,

     Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

2. (temporal location) from this time, from now

   The plane will leave two months hence.

3. (location) from this source or origin

   They grew up at the White House; hence [stems] their lack of interest in politics.

   • 1731 May 27, Benjamin Franklin, Apology for Printers, published in The Pennsylvania Gazette,

     That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;

4. (archaic) from here, from this place, away

   Get you hence!

   Im going hence, because you hit me.

   Get thee hence, Satan!

   • c.1599-1601, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 4, Scene 1,

     O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence:

   • 1849, Arthur Hugh Clough, Easter Day (Naples, 1849),

     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?

5. (archaic) from the living or from this world

   After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.

6. (archaic) henceforth, from this time

   A year hence it will be forgotten.

Definizione dizionario hence

	da
	from this source or origin
	from here

	dunque
	as a result, therefore
	[A word that expresses that something is or should be the consequence of something else].

	ciò
	from this source or origin

	perciò
	as a result, therefore

	qui
	from here

	quindi
	as a result, therefore

da ciò

da qui

in consequenza

indi

per ciò

per questo

Altri significati:

(conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason

(archaic) from the living or from this world

(archaic) henceforth, from this time

(location) from this source or origin

(archaic) from here, from this place, away

(temporal location) from this time, from now