therefore
Syllables: there·foreUK/ˈðɛə.fɔː/
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British/ˈðɛːfoː/
therefore adverb: consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
Adverb
therefore (not comparable)
- Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
- Traditional values will always have a place—therefore, they will never lose relevance.
- I've been explicitly forbidden to leave and therefore must stay longer.
- Synonyms:
- so, thus, to that end, to this end, hence
- For that; for it (in reference to a previous statement).
- Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 19:27
therefore meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
therefore in Hindi
- (archaic) for that or this reason
- इसलिए islie, इसलिये isliye
therefore in Tamil
- அதனால், எனவே, ஆகையால், ஆதலால், ஆகவே, ஆல்
therefore in Marathi
- consequently; by consequence — see also consequently, ergo, so, whence, thus
- त्याअर्थी tyāarthī
therefore in Urdu
- (archaic) for that or this reason
- اس لئے is li'e
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- therefore in Bengali
- তাই tai, কাজেই kajei, অতএব otoeb
- therefore in Telugu
- అందుకే andukē, కాబట్టి kābaṭṭi, అందుచేత anducēta, కనుక kanuka
- therefore in Malayalam
- അതുകൊണ്ട് atukoṇṭŭ
- therefore in Kannada
- ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಅದಕ್ಕೋಸ್ಕರ, ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ
- therefore in Gujarati
- તેથી tethī, એટલે eṭle, માટે māṭe
- therefore in Sanskrit
- तस्मात् tasmāt, यथा yathā
- therefore in Nepali
- अतः ataḥ
- therefore in Pashto
- نو no, ځکه źëka
- therefore in Tagalog
- ergo, kaya
- therefore in Arabic
- إِذَنْ ʔiḏan, لِذٰلِكَ liḏālika, لِهٰذَا lihāḏā
- therefore in Malay
- jadi
- therefore in Persian
- بدلیل آن be-dalil-e ân
- therefore in Thai
- จึง jʉng, ดังนั้น dang-nán, แล้วจึง lɛ́ɛo-jʉng
- therefore in Vietnamese
- bởi vậy, cho nên, vì thế
- therefore in Myanmar
- ထို့ကြောင့် htui.kraung.
Examples of therefore in a sentence
- I left the office at 5 o'clock. I was therefore not there when the fire started a quarter of an hour later.
- I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 14:20:
- Je pense, donc je suis (I think, therefore I am)1637, René Descartes, Discourse on the Method:
- He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
- Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:
Synonyms of therefore
- so
- thus
- to that end
- to this end
- hence
- then
- accordingly
- as a result
- it follows that
- thereby
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Origin of therefore
From Middle English therfore, therfor, tharfore, thorfore; synchronically a univerbation of there (pronominal adverb) + for, literally “for that (reason)”. The spelling has been changed due to a reanalysis as there + fore (literally “forward from that; thence”). See also therefor, ultimately the same formation. Compare Saterland Frisian deerfoar, Dutch daarvoor, German dafür, Danish and Norwegian derfor, Swedish därför.
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Questions about therefore
- What does therefore mean?
- Therefore means consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
- What is therefore in Hindi?
- Therefore in Hindi is इसलिए (islie), इसलिये (isliye). See Therefore meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use therefore in a sentence?
- I left the office at 5 o'clock. I was therefore not there when the fire started a quarter of an hour later.
- What part of speech is therefore?
- Therefore is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce therefore?
- Therefore is pronounced /ˈðɛə.fɔː/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: therefore (page history and authors); therefore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অতএব (Bengali) (page history and authors); therefore (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); એટલે (Gujarati) (page history and authors); अतः (Nepali) (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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