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henceforth
English
Etymology
From Middle English hennes forth, hens-forþ, hennes-forþ, equivalent to hence (“from here”) +? forth (“forward”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?ns?f???/
Adverb
henceforth (not comparable)
- (formal) From now on; from this time on.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene II:
- My thanes and kinsmen,/Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland /In such an honour named
- 2005, George Lucas, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth...Vader.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene II:
Synonyms
- (from this point on [either temporally or spatially]): from now on; henceforward; hereafter; see also Thesaurus:henceforth
Antonyms
- up to now; hitherto
Translations
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however
English
Etymology
From Middle English however, how-ever, how-evere, equivalent to how +? ever. Compare also Middle English how-as-evere and howsoevere, how-so-evere (“howsoever”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h????v?/
- (US) enPR: hou?v??r, IPA(key): /ha???v?/
- (NYC) IPA(key): /h?w?v?/
- Rhymes: -?v?(r)
- Hyphenation: how?ev?er
Adverb
however (not comparable)
- Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of (that).
- She wanted to go; however, she decided against it.
- (degree) To whatever degree or extent
- (manner) In whatever way or manner.
- An emphatic form of how.
- However were you able to do it?
- (obsolete) In any case, at any rate, at all events.
- c. 1680, John Tillotson:
- Our chief end and highest interest is happiness : And this is happiness to be freed from all (if it may) [or] however from the greatest evils.
- c. 1680, John Tillotson:
Synonyms
- (nevertheless): nonetheless, notwithstanding, that said, still and all; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless
- (to whatever degree): ad lib, howsoever, howso
- (emphatic howin whatever manner): anyhow, howsoever, howso
- (emphatic how): how + the dickens (see Thesaurus:the dickens)
- (in any case): after all, anyway; see also Thesaurus:regardless
Translations
Conjunction
however
- In whatever way or manner.
- she offered to help however she could
- (proscribed) Although, though, but, yet.
Usage notes
- Both conjunctive uses of "however" are identical to adverbial uses except in punctuation (when written) and in prosody (when spoken). Hence, the following proscribed sentence:
- is equivalent to the following accepted one:
- which can also be written in two sentences::
- they are functionally equivalent to:
- He told me not to do it, but I did it.
- In particular, when used as a conjunction in this sense, however always appears between the clauses it connects; it does not introduce a subordinate clause that can be moved to the start of an independent clause, but simply coordinates two independent clauses.
References
- however in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “however” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "however (degree)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- "however (despite)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- "however (way)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- “however”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
Anagrams
- everwho, whoever
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