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English to English adverb
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(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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as a consequence | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30 conjunction
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For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that. | | source: webster1913
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