Local English word record

thus

adverb · 3 senses

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

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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
  • the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted

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Synonyms

therefore, hence, thence, so

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