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thenceforth

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: thĕnsfôrth
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːθ/
  • US: /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːɹθ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: DH EH2 N S F AO1 R TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

From that time on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1927-1929 — Mahatma Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, "Nirbal Ke Bala Rama", translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai I decided to act thenceforth with great caution; not to leave the house, but somehow leave Portsmouth.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

from that time on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • thereafter he never called again

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thereafter

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English thennesforth, equivalent to thence + forth.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: оттогава (ottogava) — from that time on
  • Esperanto: ekde tiam — from that time on
  • French: dès lors — from that time on
  • Galician: desí — from that time on
  • Hungarian: attól fogva — from that time on
  • Hungarian: azt követően — from that time on
  • Ido: depose — from that time on
  • Ido: ja lore — from that time on
  • Ido: de lore — from that time on
  • Latin: inde — from that time on
  • Latin: ex eo tempore — from that time on
  • Marathi: तेव्हापासून (tevhāpāsūn) — from that time on
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fra da av — from that time on
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frå då av — from that time on
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frå da av — from that time on
  • Polish: od tego czasu — from that time on
  • Russian: с тех по́р (s tex pór) — from that time on
  • Scottish Gaelic: o sin a-mach — from that time on
  • Scottish Gaelic: on uair sin a-mach — from that time on
  • Swedish: alltifrån den tiden — from that time on
  • Swedish: från och med då — from that time on
  • Swedish: sedan dess — from that time on
  • Welsh: o'r amser hwnnw — from that time on