thus
/ˈðʌs/
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Northern England/ðʊs/
thus adverb: in this way or manner. Also the alternative form of thuris.
Adverb
thus (not comparable)
- In this way or manner.
- If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon...1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- as such
- As a result.
- I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic.
- I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- as such
Proper noun capitalized: Thus
Thus
- plural of Thu
Also used as
thus is also the alternative form of thuris.
thus meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Sanskrit
thus in Tamil
- in this way or manner
- அவ்வாறு avvāṟu, இவ்வாறு ivvāṟu
thus in Bengali
- in this way or manner
- এভাবে ebhabe
thus in Sanskrit
- in this way or manner
- यथा yathā, एवम् evam
- as a result
- यथा yathā
More languagesFewer languages
- thus in Pashto
- داسې dâse, ځکه źëka
- thus in Arabic
- هَكَذَا hakaḏā, كَذَا kaḏā, وَهٰكَذَا wahākaḏā, لِذَا liḏā
- thus in Persian
- ایدون idun
Examples of thus in a sentence
- Regis, describes the complex aromas and layered palate of the cognac thus: “It’s kind of autumn flavors.2016 December 16, Peter Shadbolt, “What does a $22,000 cognac actually taste like?”, in CNN:
- Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Synonyms of thus
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Origin of thus
From Middle English thus, þus, from Old English þus (“thus, in this way, as follows, in this manner, to this extent”), from Proto-West Germanic *þus (“so, thus”), perhaps originally from a variant of the instrumental form of this, related to Old English þȳs (“by this, with this”), Old Saxon thius (“by this, with this”). Cognate with Scots thus (“thus”), North Frisian thus, Saterland Frisian dus, düs (“thus”), West Frisian dus (“thus”), Dutch dus (“thus, so”), Middle High German dus (“thus, as follows”). Compare also Dutch zus (“thus, hence”), Low German sus (“thus, hence”), Middle High German sus (“thus, hence”), a similar formation from the stem of Proto-West Germanic *swā (“so”).
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Words that rhyme with thus
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Questions about thus
- What does thus mean?
- Thus means in this way or manner.
- What is thus in Tamil?
- Thus in Tamil is அவ்வாறு (avvāṟu), இவ்வாறு (ivvāṟu). See Thus meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use thus in a sentence?
- Regis, describes the complex aromas and layered palate of the cognac thus: “It’s kind of autumn flavors.
- What part of speech is thus?
- Thus can be an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce thus?
- Thus is pronounced /ˈðʌs/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thus (page history and authors); Thus (page history and authors); thus (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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