Usually means: Therefore, as a result from.
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  1. hence: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. hence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. hence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Hence, hence: Wiktionary
  9. hence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hence: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Hence, hence: Dictionary.com
  13. hence: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hence: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Hence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. hence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  19. hence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. hence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. hence: Free Dictionary
  22. hence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Hence, hence: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. hence: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. hence: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. HeNCE: Acronym Finder

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  (archaic) From here, from this place, away.
▸ adverb:  (archaic, figuratively) From the living or from this world.
▸ adverb:  (of a length of time) In the future from now.
▸ adverb:  (conjunctive) As a result; therefore, for this reason.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To utter "hence!" to; to send away.
▸ verb:  (dated, intransitive) To depart; to go away.
▸ noun:  (very rare) A male given name.

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Opposite:
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Phrases:
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Phrases:
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