d'où — meaning in English

English meaning

• hence adverb For this reason; therefore.
• whence adv From what place, source, or cause; from where.
• where adv Used to ask about or refer to a place.
• wherefore adv For what reason; why (archaic).

Senses

d'où is used for these senses in English:

• hence (conjunctive) As a result; therefore, for this reason.
• whence (archaic, formal, or, literary) From where; from which place or source.
• whence (literary, poetic) Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence
• where In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
• wherefore (archaic) Because of which.

hence — full definition

1. adverb For this reason; therefore.
2. adverb From this time onward, or from this place; used in slightly old-fashioned or formal phrasing.

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