 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
therefore
adverb
1: (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" [syn: {hence}, {thence}, {thus}]
2: as a consequence; "he had good reason to be grateful for the
opportunities which they had made available to him and
which consequently led to the good position he now held"
[syn: {consequently}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Therefore \There"fore\, conj. & adverb [OE. therfore. See {There},
and {Fore}, adverb, {For}, and cf. {Therefor}.]
1. For that or this reason, referring to something previously
stated; for that.
I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.
--Luke xiv.
20.
Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee;
what shall we have therefore? --Matt. xix.
27.
2. Consequently; by consequence.
He blushes; therefore he is guilty. --Spectator.
Syn: See {Then}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "therefore":
according to circumstances, accordingly, after all,
all things considered, and so, as a consequence, as a result,
as it is, as matters stand, at that rate, because of that,
because of this, before the bench, before the court,
ceteris paribus, consequently, considering, equally, ergo,
everything being equal, finally, for that, for that cause,
for that reason, for this cause, for this reason, for which reason,
hence, hereat, in court, in that case, in that event,
inconsequence, inevitably, it follows that, naturally,
naturellement, necessarily, of course, of necessity, on balance,
on that account, on that ground, on the whole, on this account,
propter hoc, so, sub judice, taking into account, that being so,
then, thence, thereat, therefor, therefrom, thereupon,
this being so, thus, thusly, thuswise, under the circumstances,
whence, wherefore, wherefrom
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