therefore
∞
3.2
- adverb
- /ˈðɛrˌfɔr/
- Formal
- The roads were icy and, therefore, driving was very dangerous.
- therefore, it is important
- therefore, continued research
- therefore, we need
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Watch on YouTubeSo he says this being is therefore called appearance.
- So he says this being is therefore called appearance.
- Those things are signs of success and therefore happiness.
- I'm doing bad, therefore I'm going to always do bad.
- Ego can be I'm so great and therefore someone should love me.
- And so therefore they had to be set free.
- It would therefore end up with the glorious GN.
- This death is therefore its resurrection as spirit.
Examples
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Therefore, the defendant will not be held to answer to these charges at trial.
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Those things are signs of success and therefore happiness.
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OK, let me therefore start with this one.
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OK, so I hope you can therefore see that.
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And therefore we can take those two out.
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Therefore, there was no reason for not advancing her as a German.
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Details of scale formation are found elsewhere; we therefore provide only a brief description here.
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They therefore are constantly on the hunt for food.
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The political class tends to be insulated from crime and therefore does not take it very seriously.
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Protecting and promoting farmworker health is, therefore, of great economic and public health importance.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
792
3.2
As a result
274
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
2
8.4
Because of that, something happens
1
7.0
As a result, something else happens
1
6.5
Because of that, something happens
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Therefore comes from simply joining there and for, and originally meant 'for that'. So it shows a result or conclusion and means 'for that reason'.