therefore
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(r) (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
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(r) 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