adv · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ðɛns/
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rhymes with -ɛns
CMU ARPABET:DH EH1 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
From there, from that place or from that time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, not-comparable
Examples
I came thence.
Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, not-comparable
Examples
I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adv
Meaning 3
From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adverb
Meaning 4
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
therefore X must be true
the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory
we were young and thence optimistic
it is late and thus we must go
the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: therefore, hence, thus, so
Antonyms: none provided
5
adverb
Meaning 5
from that place or from there
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
proceeded thence directly to college
flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow
roads that lead therefrom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: therefrom
Antonyms: none provided
6
adverb
Meaning 6
from that circumstance or source- W.V.Quine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible
a natural conclusion follows thence
public interest and a policy deriving therefrom
typhus fever results therefrom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: therefrom, thereof
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
անտի
(anti)
— from there
Azerbaijani:
oradan
— from there
Azerbaijani:
ordan
— from there
Bulgarian:
следователно
(sledovatelno)
— from there
Czech:
odtud
— from there
Danish:
deraf følger
— from there
Danish:
deden
— from there
Danish:
derfra
— from there
Dutch:
daarvandaan
— from there
Dutch:
vandaar
— from there
Finnish:
tuolta
— from there
Finnish:
sieltä
— from there
French:
dès lors
— from there
French:
de là
— from there
Galician:
ende
— from there
Galician:
en
— from there
German:
daher
— from there
German:
von dannen
— from there
German:
dorther
— from there
Gothic:
𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉
(þaþrō)
— from there
Greek:
εκείθεν
(ekeíthen)
— from there
Ancient Greek:
ἐκεῖθεν
(ekeîthen)
— from there
Hindi:
वहाँ से
(vahā̃ se)
— from there
Hindi:
यहाँ से
(yahā̃ se)
— from there
Hungarian:
onnan
— from there
Icelandic:
þaðan
— from there
Ido:
depose
— from there
Korean:
거기에서
(geogieseo)
— from there
Latin:
illim
— from there
Latin:
illinc
— from there
Latin:
inde
— from there
Latin:
abinde
— from there
Navajo:
kodóó
— from there
Norwegian Bokmål:
derfra
— from there
Norwegian Bokmål:
derifra
— from there
Norwegian Nynorsk:
derifrå
— from there
Norwegian Nynorsk:
derfrå
— from there
Old English:
þanan
— from there
Polish:
stamtąd
— from there
Portuguese:
desde aí
— from there
Portuguese:
daí
— from there
Romanian:
de acolo
— from there
Russian:
отту́да
(ottúda)
— from there
Spanish:
desde ahí
— from there
Swedish:
därifrån
— from there
Swedish:
dädan - dialectally shortened to dän
— from there
