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The world is a multiplicity, a harvest-field, a battle-ground; and thence arises through human contact ways of numbering, or mathematics, ways of tillage, or agriculture, ways of fighting, or military tactics and strategy, and these are incorporated in individuals as habits of life.
George Edward Woodberry

Meaning of "thence" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THENCE

Thannes, from thanne, from Old English thanon; related to Gothic thanana, Old Norse thanan.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF THENCE

thence  [ðɛns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thence is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES THENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thence in the English dictionary

The first definition of thence in the dictionary is from that place. Other definition of thence is Also: thenceforth,. from that time or event; thereafter. Thence is also therefore.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THENCE


commence
kəˈmɛns
common-sense
ˈkɒmənˈsɛns
defence
dɪˈfɛns
dense
dɛns
dispense
dɪˈspɛns
expense
ɪkˈspɛns
fence
fɛns
hence
hɛns
immense
ɪˈmɛns
incense
ˈɪnsɛns
intense
ɪnˈtɛns
mense
mɛns
offence
əˈfɛns
pence
pɛns
pretence
prɪˈtɛns
self-defense
ˌsɛlfdɪˈfɛns
sense
sɛns
spence
spɛns
suspense
səˈspɛns
tense
tɛns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THENCE

themself
themselves
then
then and there
thenabout
thenal
thenar
thenardite
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
theobromine
theocentric
theocentricism
theocentricity
theocentrism
theocon
theocracies

WORDS THAT END LIKE THENCE

at your convenience
audience
conference
confidence
difference
everywhence
evidence
experience
influence
Lawrence
nowhence
of the essence
political science
presence
reference
residence
science
sithence
somewhence
violence

Synonyms and antonyms of thence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THENCE

Find out the translation of thence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

那里
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

allí
570 millions of speakers

English

thence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उधर से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من هناك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оттуда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dali
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অত: পর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de là
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dari situ
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

von dort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

そこから
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그렇기 때문에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saka kono
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ đó
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அங்கேயிருந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तिथून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oradan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quindi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stąd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звідти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de acolo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

daarvandaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

däri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

derfra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thence

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THENCE»

The term «thence» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.108 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of thence
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thence

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6 QUOTES WITH «THENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thence.
1
Augustine Birrell
Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.
2
William Cartwright
There are two births: the one when light, First strikes the new awakened sense; The other when two souls unite, And we must count our life from thence, When you loved me and I loved you, Then both of us were born anew.
3
Maurice Druon
I lived the life of Londoners - and thence comes my immense gratitude and my deep attachment with the British people. I do not think there has ever been a people in the world who displayed a heroism as discreet, as mundane and as universal.
4
Oliver Ellsworth
The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy men will from thence determine that it is best to have neither a legislature nor judges.
5
Meriwether Lewis
We were also fortunate enough to engage in our service a Canadian Frenchmen, who had been with the Chayenne Indians on the Black mountains, and last summer descended thence by the Little Missouri.
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George Edward Woodberry
The world is a multiplicity, a harvest-field, a battle-ground; and thence arises through human contact ways of numbering, or mathematics, ways of tillage, or agriculture, ways of fighting, or military tactics and strategy, and these are incorporated in individuals as habits of life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THENCE»

Discover the use of thence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Beginning at latitude 47°10' N., longitude 67°55' W.; thence west and south along the Canadian Border to latitude 45 00' N., longitude 74"15' W.; thence to latitude 44°20' N., longitude 75°30' W.; thence to latitude 43"05' N., longitude 75"30' W.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Staff, 1982
2
Court Records Book A - 1664-1812
13 rods thence N 44* 30m W 51 rods thence West 42° N 15 rode to the road leading from Holm's Mills to Stafford thence N 34° 30m W 18 rods thence N 41° tf 17 rode thence N 42" 30m W 39 rods thence N 45* W 24 rods to a Chesnut staddle ...
Donald E Ashe, Hampden County Register of Deeds
3
L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
... and New Orleans Railroad Company, by deed dated May 22, 1948, run thence 50 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 30°23' W., to Station 252 + 00; thence 75 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 30 23' W., to Station 259 + 00; ...
‎1955
4
Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the ...
fifteen Degrees East one hundred seventy two perches, thence " South two hundred & sixty perches, thence South thirty two De- " grees, West two hundred & sixty perches, thence South by West " fifty two perches, thence South West and by  ...
Pennsylvania. Provincial Council, Samuel Hazard, 1840
5
Blandford State Highways, Hampden County Archives
OO feet radios 24&,02 feeti feaee south 83 • * eoat 655*«5 ft®$| thence fey a curve to l&e right Wf 900*00 feet ratios 255.72 fsNsts thence couth 66° 52* 56" east' 75*35 feet; thence by a w» to the left of 4Q0.00 feet radius 383.29 fset; thence ...
Donald E. Ashe, Hampden County Registry of Deeds
6
History of Augusta County, Virginia
oak and two small ones ; thence N. 750, E. 297 poles to four linns and a red 0.1k on a ridge ; thence N. 150, E. 44 poles to a double walnut and gum on this ridge of the said Middle River ; thence down the same 102 poles to a red oak and ...
John Lewis Peyton, Peyton, 2009
7
Coast Guard, Department of Transportation (Parts 125 - 199)
(NAD 1983) thence along the shoreline to the point of origin. (ii) Location: 100- Yard Zone. All waters of Bowery and Flushing Bays within approximately 100 yards of La Guardia Airport bound by the following points: Onshore at Steinway, ...
Griffes
8
Private and Special Statutes of the Commonwealth of ...
thence north forty-six degrees east, eight hundred feet, thence Location of the north forty degrees east, one hundred feet, thence north thirty- wt rou"' c- one degrees thirty minutes east, one hundred feet, thence north twenty-two degrees thirty ...
Massachusetts, 1837
9
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Quarter Session Dockets, ...
perches thence N79 degrees E21 perches to Letort Spring, thence S34 degrees E20 perches to Charles McClure's, thence S21 degrees W31 perches, thence S 5 degrees E 84 perches, to John Glenn's thence south 68 degrees E 52 perches, ...
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Cumberland County), Diane E. Greene, 2000
10
Wisconsin Statutes
same range; thence east on the township line to the southeast corner of township thirtysix, range eight east; thence south on the range line to the township line between townships thirty and thirty-one; thence west on the township line to the ...
Wisconsin, 1919

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Week of July 29, 2015
17' 45” west, 1,271.57 feet to the southeasternmost line of land of Akine; and run thence with said line of Akine, North 29 deg. 34' east, 485.13 feet, to an iron pin ... «Polknewsonline, Jul 15»
2
Public notices for Leelanau County
... Leelanau County, Michigan, described more fully as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 21, thence North 01 degrees 11 minutes ... «Leelanau Enterprise, Jul 15»
3
Also All of the Unknown Heirs of the Defendants;
Beginning in the Southeast corner of Outlot 1 in Columbian Addition to the Village of Preston; thence westerly along the South line of said Outlot 1 (for purposes ... «Fillmore County Journal, Jul 15»
4
CITY OF SALIDA, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 14 (Series of 2015)
... Street and thence proceeding southwesterly to Sackett Avenue; thence northwesterly along the centerline of Sackett Avenue to “I” Street; thence southwesterly ... «Mountain Mail Newspaper, Jul 15»
5
Property Transfers, Marriages - July 16 edition
... h&w as jt ten, Lot 1 of Block 1 in Westock Acres, except that part described as follows: beginning at the SW corner of said Lot 3, thence N 00 deg 26 min 50 sec ... «Wadena Pioneer Journal, Jul 15»
6
Public Hearing August 11 for Rezoning Part of Golf Course Property
Commencing at an old post at the Center of Section 22; thence along the West line of the Southeast Quarter, South 01 degrees-06' West 731.42 feet to an iron ... «The Boone Country Connection, Jul 15»
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CERTIFICATE OF DELINQUENCY
... following the North boundary of said Section 33 and Farm Unit 138, a distance of 1,150.97 feet, to the true point of beginning; thence South 02°12'18” West, ... «Columbia Basin Herald, Jul 15»
8
Louisiana Brown Shrimp Season to Reopen in a Portion of …
... 00.0 seconds west longitude; thence due south to a point at 30 degrees 05 minutes 00.0 seconds north latitude and 89 degrees 30 minutes 00.0 seconds west ... «KATC Lafayette News, Jul 15»
9
Public Notice
... Page 474, and Book 87A-45, Page 475, being the POINT OF BEGINNING of this description; thence West 15.0 feet to the Eastern property line of the Mountain ... «Buffalo Bulletin, Jul 15»
10
City of Ava legal
All of Lot 11 of the Arvel and Fred Davis Sub-Division of Lot 4 of the M. King Farm Plat, EXCEPT beginning at the NW corner of said Lot 11 and run thence E 13 ... «Douglas County Herald, Jul 15»

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