hence
274
3.2
- adverb
- /hɛns/
- Formal
- Pants just won't fit anymore, hence the need for pregnancy trousers nowadays.
- hence the need
- hence the name
- hence the concept
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- I enjoy forcing brilliant people to be silly, hence this meme review.
- So that machine creates a vacuum, hence we call them vacuums.
- Pants just won't fit anymore, hence the need for pregnancy trousers nowadays.
- But the cameras remain vigilant, hence the name Sentry Mode.
- We ended up shuffling our videos around, hence this chat now.
- Well, we don't, hence why it feels like we have no border.
- Maybe she blames Nathan for doing that, hence the freezing thing and all that.
- This year I feel like extra excited for fall, hence how I started end of August.
- So I worked out this morning, hence why I look like this.
Examples
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Some figures are larger and more central, and hence more important than others.
Academic text (2011) -
"Face-to-face consultation is more personal and allows for better communication, hence more constructive help and advice."
Academic text (2012) -
Hence the cut in budget.
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Positive claims are hence capable of being correct or incorrect.
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The fundamental education covers both primary and secondary education; hence, the educational management quality is very significant.
Academic text (2011) -
In natural ocean water, many factors modify optical properties, and hence the apparent color.
Academic text (2011) -
Both students showed improvement in arm relaxation and, hence, quality of sound once the improvisation lessons were incorporated.
Academic text (2015) -
Its use can help to reduce unnecessary prescribing and hence prescribing costs, and to improve patient care.
Academic text (2012) -
As often remarked, speech and writing are linear and hence, in a sense, sequential.
Academic text (1999) -
The project was poorly managed; hence, we missed the deadline.
Synonyms
∞
3.2
For that reason
134
3.9
Because of that, a result follows
130
3.3
To do something that fits what was said or done
85
3.4
Shows that one thing happens because of another
39
6.3
Shows that something happens because of something else
6
8.9
As a direct result of that fact
2
8.4
Because of that, something happens
1
9.6
In this way
1
6.5
Because of that, something happens
1
9.9
Something happens because of that earlier thing
Idioms
How Inferential
- Formal
274
3.2
- Formal
85
3.4
- Formal
792
3.2
- Formal
∞
3.2
- Specialized
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hence also took on the idea of 'from this reason' from the same old English root heonan, so when we say 'the roads were icy and hence dangerous' we mean 'for that reason' or 'therefore'.