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Meaning & Definition of Thus in English

English

Thus

/ðəs/

noun

1. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various arabian or east african trees

  • Formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
synonym:
  • frankincense,
  • olibanum,
  • gum olibanum,
  • thus

adverb

1. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

  • "Therefore x must be true"
  • "The eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"
  • "We were young and thence optimistic"
  • "It is late and thus we must go"
  • "The witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"
synonym:
  • therefore,
  • hence,
  • thence,
  • thus,
  • so

2. In the way indicated

  • "Hold the brush so"
  • "Set up the pieces thus"
  • (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)
synonym:
  • thus,
  • thusly,
  • so

Examples of using

I'm afraid of death very much. But thus I don't prevent it, but rather give myself some problems.
The unicorn ran at the tree with all his might and penetrated the trunk so deeply with his horn, that he couldn't pull it out and was thus stuck.
The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause.