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[ adverb ] (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

Synonyms

thus hence thence

Examples

"therefore X must be true" "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory" "we were young and thence optimistic" "it is late and thus we must go"

Used in print

(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)

The two older boys , Hans and Anders , his junior by a year , therefore went daily to the home of a warm and friendly wigmaker nearby for instruction in German ; his wife taught the two boys to read and write Danish .

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

But he is a West_Point graduate and therefore must be born to command '' .

(Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)

I speak_of `` the largest possible measure '' because any person who supposes that these conditions can be universally and perfectly achieved - ever - reckons without the inherent imperfectability of himself and his fellow human_beings , and is therefore a dangerous man to have around .

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

Boun_My - the name means one who has a boun , a celebration , and is therefore lucky - was born in Savannakhet , the Border of Paradise .

(James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)

Therefore employment and education in all the schools in a metropolitan area are related in different ways from those which are characteristic of the comprehensive high_school described in my first report .

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[ adverb ] as a consequence

Synonyms

consequently

Examples

"he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held"

Related terms

consequent consequent

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