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Definition of thence in English: thence(also from thence) adverb ðɛnsðɛns formal 1From a place or source previously mentioned. they intended to cycle on into France and thence home via Belgium Example sentencesExamples - The project will nurture the emerging economies of the Hunan and Guangxi provinces by improving shipping channels to the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers and thence to the sea.
- The vibrations of the strings are converted into electrical impulses by transducers consisting of built-in electromagnetic pickups; the impulses are passed via a cable to an external amplifier, and thence to a loudspeaker.
- He passed that way a second time two days later, on his way back southward to Fort Lyon and thence to Denver, where he received a hero's welcome.
- Tomorrow lunchtime, we fly to Bangkok, and thence to Phuket, where a week's stay at the Banyan Tree spa resort awaits us.
- Soon I leave for the airport, and thence to Amsterdam; and, if the airline functions more efficiently this time than it did on the way here, thence to Chicago in very short order.
- We went to the garden centre to order the materials for the new pergola and from thence to the supermarket where I did a most unsatisfactory shop, ending with a bill that seems to be almost twice what it should be.
- Its origin is unknown, but it was introduced to Tahiti from France, via England, and thence to San Francisco.
- Japanese civilians, left to fend for themselves in Rangoon, evacuated as best they could and made their way via the Three Pagodas Pass into Kanchanaburi and thence to Bangkok.
- A fast train to London and thence to Luton - a journey of about 230 miles- would be the quickest way.
- However, what I am finding great, is sitting here typing this in front of the fire, connected wirelessly to my desktop, and thence onto the information superhighway.
- But their successful escape from Afghanistan, via Tehran and Rome and thence to Rabat, raises a simple question: how many more of them got away, and where are they now?
- Here retired US diplomat Ellsworth Bunker drew up a plan to transfer the administrative authority for West Papua from the Netherlands to a neutral administrator, and thence to Indonesia.
- By careful observation of the flow of blood in vessels and by dissection, Harvey correctly established that the blood circulates from the heart to the tissues via the arteries and thence back to the heart via the veins and through the lungs.
- Sucrose is not digested in the mouth or stomach but passes directly to the lower intestines and thence to the bloodstream and the brain.
- The horse escaped from its stable during the night into the field and thence onto the railway line via a defective fence.
- The extra fretting I did has paid off in terms of convenience: I got my father to digitise the three interview tapes, then transferred the CDs to my computer and thence to my iPod.
- 1.1 As a consequence.
studying maps to assess past latitudes and thence an indication of climate Example sentencesExamples - There was then a re-birth of investigative journalism which immediately received widespread support, thence advertising revenue.
- It wasn't long before they, together with editor, JF Archibald, saw the commercial value in pitting their literary skills against each other in order to provoke reader reaction and thence sales of the paper.
- He won the national Hansell's Sculpture Award in 1975 and thence established himself as among the leading artists of his generation.
Synonyms therefore, for that reason, consequently, so, as a result, as a consequence, in consequence, hence, thus, then, that being so, that being the case, on that account
Usage The use of thence is similar to whence in that thence and from thence are both used to mean ‘from a place or source previously mentioned’. See also whence Origin Middle English thennes, from earlier thenne (from Old English thanon, of West Germanic origin) + -s3 (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound). Rhymes cense, commence, common sense, condense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, Hortense, immense, offence (US offense), pence, prepense, pretence (US pretense), sense, spence, suspense, tense, whence Definition of thence in US English: thence(also from thence) adverbT͟Hensðɛns formal 1From a place or source previously mentioned. they intended to cycle on into France and thence home via Belgium Example sentencesExamples - Soon I leave for the airport, and thence to Amsterdam; and, if the airline functions more efficiently this time than it did on the way here, thence to Chicago in very short order.
- The extra fretting I did has paid off in terms of convenience: I got my father to digitise the three interview tapes, then transferred the CDs to my computer and thence to my iPod.
- Here retired US diplomat Ellsworth Bunker drew up a plan to transfer the administrative authority for West Papua from the Netherlands to a neutral administrator, and thence to Indonesia.
- The vibrations of the strings are converted into electrical impulses by transducers consisting of built-in electromagnetic pickups; the impulses are passed via a cable to an external amplifier, and thence to a loudspeaker.
- Its origin is unknown, but it was introduced to Tahiti from France, via England, and thence to San Francisco.
- Japanese civilians, left to fend for themselves in Rangoon, evacuated as best they could and made their way via the Three Pagodas Pass into Kanchanaburi and thence to Bangkok.
- He passed that way a second time two days later, on his way back southward to Fort Lyon and thence to Denver, where he received a hero's welcome.
- A fast train to London and thence to Luton - a journey of about 230 miles- would be the quickest way.
- However, what I am finding great, is sitting here typing this in front of the fire, connected wirelessly to my desktop, and thence onto the information superhighway.
- The horse escaped from its stable during the night into the field and thence onto the railway line via a defective fence.
- Sucrose is not digested in the mouth or stomach but passes directly to the lower intestines and thence to the bloodstream and the brain.
- But their successful escape from Afghanistan, via Tehran and Rome and thence to Rabat, raises a simple question: how many more of them got away, and where are they now?
- Tomorrow lunchtime, we fly to Bangkok, and thence to Phuket, where a week's stay at the Banyan Tree spa resort awaits us.
- We went to the garden centre to order the materials for the new pergola and from thence to the supermarket where I did a most unsatisfactory shop, ending with a bill that seems to be almost twice what it should be.
- By careful observation of the flow of blood in vessels and by dissection, Harvey correctly established that the blood circulates from the heart to the tissues via the arteries and thence back to the heart via the veins and through the lungs.
- The project will nurture the emerging economies of the Hunan and Guangxi provinces by improving shipping channels to the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers and thence to the sea.
- 1.1 As a consequence.
studying maps to assess past latitudes and thence an indication of climate Example sentencesExamples - It wasn't long before they, together with editor, JF Archibald, saw the commercial value in pitting their literary skills against each other in order to provoke reader reaction and thence sales of the paper.
- There was then a re-birth of investigative journalism which immediately received widespread support, thence advertising revenue.
- He won the national Hansell's Sculpture Award in 1975 and thence established himself as among the leading artists of his generation.
Synonyms therefore, for that reason, consequently, so, as a result, as a consequence, in consequence, hence, thus, then, that being so, that being the case, on that account
Origin Middle English thennes, from earlier thenne (from Old English thanon, of West Germanic origin) + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound). |