hence

hence
01. Wine will spoil if exposed to light; [hence], wine bottles are usually green or yellow.
02. The Catholic religion holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, remained a virgin her entire life: [hence] it would have been impossible for Jesus to have brothers or sisters.
03. He was weakened by the disease, and [hence] vulnerable to infection.
04. The students were well-prepared for the exam, [hence] their high scores.
05. The Prime Minister has already announced his intention to step down, and [hence] is no longer regarded as influential in directing future policy initiatives.
06. Recent polls show that most people in this country oppose censorship of the Internet. [Hence], the government is happy to leave things as they are.
07. The deadline will expire two days [hence].
08. The greenhouse effect traps the sun's rays within our atmosphere, [hence] raising global temperatures.
09. Our production costs have increased, [hence] our prices have gone up as well.
10. In two days [hence], the King will be married, and our realm will at last have its Queen.
11. Aldous Huxley once observed that to his dog, every man is Napoleon; [hence] the constant popularity of dogs.
12. In the Marxist view, we must eat in order to survive; [hence], the first activity of our species must be economic.
13. Ludwig Wittgenstein once suggested that no one likes having offended another person; [hence] everyone feels so much better if the other person doesn't show he's been offended.
14. Jane Addams once remarked that the child becomes largely what he is taught; [hence] we must watch what we teach, and how we live.
15. Illegal drugs are produced without regulatory control, and [hence] can contain many dangerous substances.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • hence — [ hens ] adverb FORMAL *** Hence can be used in the following ways: as a way of starting a sentence, clause, or phrase, and showing how it is related to what has just been said: Crime is on the increase, hence the need for more police. as an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hence — W2 [hens] adv formal [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: hen hence (12 15 centuries) (from Old English heonan) + s (as in backwards)] 1.) [sentence adverb] for this reason ▪ The cost of transport is a major expense for an industry. Hence factory location… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hence — [hens] adv. [ME hennes < henne < OE heonan(e), from here + (e)s, adv. gen. suffix (as in SINCE, THENCE) < IE base as in HE1, HERE] 1. from this place; away [go hence] 2 …   English World dictionary

  • hence — For the use of from hence, see from whence, from hence …   Modern English usage

  • Hence — Hence, v. t. To send away. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • hence — ► ADVERB 1) as a consequence; for this reason. 2) from now; in the future. 3) (also from hence) archaic from here. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

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  • hence — [adv] for that reason; therefore accordingly, as a deduction, away, consequently, ergo, forward, from here, from now on, henceforth, henceforward, hereinafter, in the future, it follows that, on that account, onward, out, so, then, thence,… …   New thesaurus

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