different between thence vs this
thence
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)
- (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 and and thence proceed to the remaining steps of the solution process.
- (literary) Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.
- (archaic) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter
Antonyms
- thither
Derived terms
Related terms
- hence
- whence
Translations
Anagrams
- techne
thence From the web:
- what thence means
- what thenceforth mean
- what thenceforward mean
- thence what does it means
- what does henceforth mean
- what does thence mean in legal description
- what does thence mean in the bible
- what does thence mean in shakespeare
this
English
Etymology
From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from North Sea Germanic base *þa- "that", from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North Sea Germanic definitive suffix -s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).
Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?s, IPA(key): /ð?s/, /ð?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Determiner
this (plural these)
- The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
- The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
- The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
- (informal) A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
- (of a time reference) Designates the current or next instance. Cf. next.
Related terms
- that, these, those
Derived terms
- thisness
- this, that, and the other
Translations
Adverb
this (not comparable)
- To the degree or extent indicated.
- I need this much water.
- Do we need this many recommendations?
- We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
Translations
Pronoun
this (plural these)
- The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
- This isn't the item that I ordered.
- This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars […] — Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1. Scene 2.
Related terms
- that, these, those
Translations
Noun
this (plural thises)
- (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
- (computing) Referring to the current context in a programming environment in C-like languages.
Interjection
this
- (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
Synonyms
- +1
- IAWTP
- QFT
Anagrams
- HITs, Hist, Tish, hist, hist-, hist., hits, iths, shit, sith, tish
Middle English
Etymology 1
Determiner
this
- Alternative spelling of þis (“this”)
Pronoun
this
- Alternative spelling of þis (“this”)
Adverb
this
- Alternative spelling of þis (“this”)
Etymology 2
Determiner
this
- Alternative spelling of þis (“these”)
Pronoun
this
- Alternative spelling of þis (“these”)
Quechua
Etymology
onomatopoeia
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?is/
Interjection
this
- the sound a cat makes when preparing to attack something
- the sound of damp wood burning
References
- “this” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo, page 207.
Scots
Determiner
this (plural thir)
- this
- Doric form of thir (“these”)
Pronoun
this (plural thir)
- this
- Doric form of thir (“these”)
this From the web:
- what this song
- what this means
- what this emoji mean
- what this song called
- what this emoji mean ????
- what this symbol means
- what this world needs is a few more rednecks lyrics
- what this means synonym
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