whence
/ʍɛns/
whence adverb: from where; from which place or source.
Adverb
whence (not comparable)
Conjunction
whence
- Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence
- The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs.
- I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.
whence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
whence in Hindi
- from where; from which place or source
- जहाँ jahā̃
whence in Tamil
- whence, how
- ஏது ētu
whence in Urdu
- کہاں کہاں, کس جگہ سے, کس سبب سے, کس طرح سے
whence in Telugu
- whence
- ఎందుండి enduṇḍi, ఎందునుండి endunuṇḍi
More languagesFewer languages
- whence in Malayalam
- എവിടെനിന്ന് eviṭeninnŭ
- whence in Punjabi
- ਕਿੱਥੋਂ kitthõ
- whence in Gujarati
- ક્યાંથી kyā̃thī
- whence in Odia
- କେଉଁଠାରୁ keũṭhāru
- whence in Arabic
- أَنَّى ʔannā, مِن أَيْن min ʔayn, مِن حَيْثُ min ḥayṯu, مِن حَيْث min ḥayṯ
- whence in Vietnamese
- từ đâu đến
Examples of whence in a sentence
- Go to whence you came!
- That envy whence comes hate.
- Ieſus anſwered, and ſaid vnto them, Though I beare record of my ſelfe, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I goe: but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I goe.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 8:14, column 1:
- Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed?1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London...
- [W]hat greatly encouraged me, it was in an opposite direction from that whence the blind man had made his appearance, and whither he had presumably returned.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Sea Chest”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883...
- All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore."1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the...
Antonyms of whence
Origin of whence
From Middle English whennes, from Old English hwanon (with adverbial genitive -s), related to hwonne (whence when). Analyzable as when + -s.
Words formed from whence
Words that rhyme with whence
Questions about whence
- What does whence mean?
- Whence means from where; from which place or source.
- What is whence in Hindi?
- Whence in Hindi is जहाँ (jahā̃). See Whence meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use whence in a sentence?
- Go to whence you came!
- What part of speech is whence?
- Whence can be an adverb or a conjunction.
- How do you pronounce whence?
- Whence is pronounced /ʍɛns/.
Words near whence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: whence (page history and authors); ஏது (Tamil) (page history and authors); whence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఎందుండి (Telugu) (page history and authors); ਕਿੱਥੋਂ (Punjabi) (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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