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say it: thens
thence is an adverb meaning "from that place or from there". It is pronounced /ˈðɛns/ — thens. It carries 3 recorded senses.
from that place or from there
“proceeded thence directly to college”
“flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow”
“roads that lead therefrom”
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
“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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for thence come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.