Definitions for hence

hence hence

Spelling: [hens]
IPA: /hɛns/

Hence is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in hence (ceehn).

Definitions for hence

adverb

  1. as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
  2. from this time; from now:
  3. from this source or origin.
  4. Archaic. from this place; from here; away: from this world or from the living: henceforth; from this time on.

interjection

  1. Obsolete. depart (usually used imperatively).

Origin of hence

1225-75; Middle English hens, hennes, equivalent to henne (Old English heonan) + -es -s1

Examples for hence

hence the recent Kerry trip to Rome to meet with Netanyahu and meetings with Europeans and Palestinians.

hence the hair of the deceased was consecrated to her, and her name invoked at funerals.

And hence, Sir, retorted I, your unbrotherly reflections upon me?

hence it was that he thought so much of his small successes.

hence, I suspect, the panic, the lockdown, the capitulation.

In schools, this meant finding new ways to evaluate students—and hence their teachers.

hence the SWAT teams and armored trucks surrounding his house.

That being impossible, none other was graceful; hence none other was to be considered.

“hence, there might be a net benefit, at least to some females, of breeding within the natal group,” the researchers speculate.

hence, our architecture and statuary is massive and of immense proportions.

Word Value for hence
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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