different between thence vs thereafter

English

Etymology

From Old English þanon + adverbial genitive ending -es, the former from a Proto-Germanic root *þan-. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ð?ns/

• Rhymes: -?ns

Adverb

thence (not comparable)

1. (formal) From there, from that place or from that time.

   • Miranda: O the heauens, / What fowle play had we, that we came from thence? / Or ble??ed was't we did?

     Prospero: Both, both my Girle. / By fowle-play (as thou ?ay?t) were we heau'd thence, / But ble??edly holpe hither.

   • 2005, Alpha Chiang and Kevin Wainwright, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (4th ed.), McGraw-Hill International, p. 605

     From this we can find the characteristic roots ${\displaystyle b_{1}}$ and ${\displaystyle b_{2}}$ and thence proceed to the remaining steps of the solution process.

2. (literary) Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.
3. (archaic) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter

Antonyms

• thither

Derived terms

Related terms

• hence
• whence

Translations

Anagrams

• techne

English

Etymology

From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þ?ræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there +? after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ðe???æf.t?(?)/, (trap-bath split) /?ðe?????f.t?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ð????æf.t?/

Adverb

thereafter (not comparable)

1. After that, from then on; thenceforth.

   He left; thereafter we never met again.

Coordinate terms

• afterward

Translations

See also