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How to pronounce hence
Say it like this: /ˈhɛns/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
American/ˈhɛns/
What does hence mean?
advFrom here, from this place, away.
“Get thee hence, Satan!”
From the living or from this world.
“After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.”
In the future from now.
“A year hence it will be forgotten.”
intjGo away! Begone!
verbTo utter "hence!" to; to send away.
To depart; to go away.
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