thenceforth
UK/ˌðɛnsˈfɔːθ//ˌðɛnsˈfɔːɹθ/
thenceforth adverb: from that time on.
Adverb
thenceforth (not comparable)
- From that time on.
- ...to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British-America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her.1774, First Continental Congress, The Articles of Association
- Furthermore: you must know that when the second iron is thrown overboard, it thenceforth becomes a dangling, sharp-edged terror, skittishly curvetting about both boat and whale, entangling the lines, or cutting them, and making a prodigious sensation in all directions.1851, Herman Melville, chapter 63, in Moby Dick
- Synonyms:
- thenceforward, thenceforwards
thenceforth meaning in Marathi, Malayalam and Sanskrit
thenceforth in Marathi
- from that time on
- तेव्हापासून tevhāpāsūn
thenceforth in Malayalam
- ഇനി, ഇനിമേൽ, അന്നുതൊട്ട്, മേലാൽ
thenceforth in Sanskrit
- thenceforth
- ततस् tátas
Examples of thenceforth in a sentence
- The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue.1861, Charles Dickens, chapter VI, in Great Expectations:
- Here his hand trembled as he set his pen to the proclamation that declared slaves thenceforth and forever free.1994 February 12, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address:
Synonyms of thenceforth
Origin of thenceforth
From Middle English thennesforth, equivalent to thence + forth.
Questions about thenceforth
- What does thenceforth mean?
- Thenceforth means from that time on.
- What is thenceforth in Marathi?
- Thenceforth in Marathi is तेव्हापासून (tevhāpāsūn). See Thenceforth meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use thenceforth in a sentence?
- The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue.
- What part of speech is thenceforth?
- Thenceforth is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce thenceforth?
- Thenceforth is pronounced /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːθ/ (UK).
Words near thenceforth in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thenceforth (page history and authors); thenceforth (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ततस् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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