Definition of whence in English:

whence

(also from whence)

interrogative adverbwɛns

archaic, formal

From what place or source.
从何处；从哪儿
whence does Parliament derive this power?
国会是从何处获得这一权力的？
Example sentencesExamples
- He can dismiss the question of whence the Holiness Code derives its use of purity language in relation to sins that are not, in and of themselves, violations of literal, physical purity.
- Control is understood as one's being the source whence her actions emanate.
- First and foremost, one must ask whence this ‘right’ derives.

relative adverbwɛns(h)wɛns

archaic, formal

1From which; from where.
从那个；从那里
the Ural mountains, whence the ore is procured
乌拉尔山脉，那里是出产这种矿石的地方。
1. 1.1 To the place from which.
  到原来的地方
  he will be sent back whence he came
  他会被送回到他来的地方去。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Why had he been sent to Somerset, whence he had escaped and taken refuge in the station?
  Concerned to limit the smothering, Fritz sent the boy off to the barracks, whence he emerged a martinet much given to fancy uniforms, which he would change as often as 10 times a day.
  His father Eric came from Breslau, but as a young man escaped to Paris, whence he was sent to London in 1900 by a theatrical agency to run its London branch.
  Deep, painful decisions for President Wilson in World War I to send Americans back from whence they had the chaos, from whence they had escaped.
  I've just parcelled my first bit of ripped up junkmail back in its prepaid envelope and sent it back from whence it came.
  But then consider well, Hugh, dost thou not know from whence thou comest - upon Whose message thou are sent?
  If they misbehave, they're sent back from whence they came.
  The Ghost of Christmas Passed came calling today, sending pinecones packing and stockings slinking into the Rubbermaid bins from whence they came.
  In 1848, however, the abdicating French King claimed the collection as his personal property, and the young Second Republic obliged, sending it after him to England, whence it was dispersed.
  We live in a strange time and place where a minister of the government believes that he is doing his job by rounding up the poorest of the poor and sending them back to the hellhole from whence they sprang.
  If he realized that she knew that he was an escaped convict, then he might assume that she would be only too eager to send him back from whence he came.
  He was taken from his mother and sent to a Church of England boys' home whence he was adopted by a white family who loved him dearly.
  Normally you can stop them in time and whatever has come up can be sent back down from whence it came but this time I just couldn't do it and out went this little puddle of puke straight into Stinking Pete's pint.
  I'd leave him in that box and let him ride around in the UPS truck til they send him back from whence he came.
  Four straight defeats, coupled with Queen of the South's defeat against Forfar in midweek, sent them back to whence they came.
2. 1.2 As a consequence of which.
  由此，据此
  whence it followed that the strategies were obsolete
  由此得出这样的结论：这些策略已过时了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The other is the police station, whence officers make occasional sallies to round up drivers or follow up a crime identified by the CCTV operators.
  In the indeterminate fluxations of a cosmos in which ‘things happen’ and it is futile to ask about whence or wherefore, he accepted responsibility for nothing except the poem he aspired to be.
  A law found by measurement is necessarily mathematical in form, whence its manipulation by proportionalities will reveal consequences no less certain to be borne out by measurement.
  At first, it was stipulated that S knew, whence it followed that S was properly ignoring all possibilities of error.
  Not a single plane was ready to take off on that night from Smorodino airfield, whence 45-mm guns were due to follow after the landing force.
  The judgment of the Court is, that you be taken hence to the jail from whence you came, thence to the place of execution, and on Friday next, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M., be hung by the neck until you are dead!
  It is evident by now how the values of a therapeutic culture surrounding us have affected our own views, and, therefore, whence the dread and fear of our own aging and general discomfort level with its attendant issues arises.
  Now it is on all hands agreed, that nothing abstract or general can be made really to exist, whence it should seem to follow, that it cannot have so much as an ideal existence in the understanding.
  Synonyms
  therefore, for that reason, consequently, so, as a result, as a consequence, in consequence, hence, thus, then, that being so, that being the case, on that account

Usage

Strictly speaking, whence means ‘from what place’, as in whence did you come? Thus, the preposition from in from whence did you come? is redundant, and its use is considered incorrect by some. The use with from is very common, though, and has been used by reputable writers since the 14th century. It is now broadly accepted in standard English

Origin

Middle English whennes, from earlier whenne (from Old English hwanon, of Germanic origin) + -s³ (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound).

Rhymes

cense, commence, common sense, condense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, Hortense, immense, offence (US offense), pence, prepense, pretence (US pretense), sense, spence, suspense, tense, thence

Definition of whence in US English:

whence

(also from whence)

adverb(h)wɛns(h)wens

From what place or source.
从何处；从哪儿
whence does Congress derive this power?
国会是从何处获得这一权力的？
Example sentencesExamples
- First and foremost, one must ask whence this ‘right’ derives.
- Control is understood as one's being the source whence her actions emanate.
- He can dismiss the question of whence the Holiness Code derives its use of purity language in relation to sins that are not, in and of themselves, violations of literal, physical purity.

relative adverb(h)wɛns(h)wens

1From which; from where.
从那个；从那里
the Ural mountains, whence the ore is procured
乌拉尔山脉，那里是出产这种矿石的地方。
1. 1.1 To the place from which.
  到原来的地方
  he will be sent back whence he came
  他会被送回到他来的地方去。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But then consider well, Hugh, dost thou not know from whence thou comest - upon Whose message thou are sent?
  Concerned to limit the smothering, Fritz sent the boy off to the barracks, whence he emerged a martinet much given to fancy uniforms, which he would change as often as 10 times a day.
  In 1848, however, the abdicating French King claimed the collection as his personal property, and the young Second Republic obliged, sending it after him to England, whence it was dispersed.
  We live in a strange time and place where a minister of the government believes that he is doing his job by rounding up the poorest of the poor and sending them back to the hellhole from whence they sprang.
  Why had he been sent to Somerset, whence he had escaped and taken refuge in the station?
  He was taken from his mother and sent to a Church of England boys' home whence he was adopted by a white family who loved him dearly.
  If he realized that she knew that he was an escaped convict, then he might assume that she would be only too eager to send him back from whence he came.
  His father Eric came from Breslau, but as a young man escaped to Paris, whence he was sent to London in 1900 by a theatrical agency to run its London branch.
  Four straight defeats, coupled with Queen of the South's defeat against Forfar in midweek, sent them back to whence they came.
  Deep, painful decisions for President Wilson in World War I to send Americans back from whence they had the chaos, from whence they had escaped.
  The Ghost of Christmas Passed came calling today, sending pinecones packing and stockings slinking into the Rubbermaid bins from whence they came.
  If they misbehave, they're sent back from whence they came.
  I'd leave him in that box and let him ride around in the UPS truck til they send him back from whence he came.
  Normally you can stop them in time and whatever has come up can be sent back down from whence it came but this time I just couldn't do it and out went this little puddle of puke straight into Stinking Pete's pint.
  I've just parcelled my first bit of ripped up junkmail back in its prepaid envelope and sent it back from whence it came.
2. 1.2 As a consequence of which.
  由此，据此
  whence it followed that the strategies were obsolete
  由此得出这样的结论：这些策略已过时了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Not a single plane was ready to take off on that night from Smorodino airfield, whence 45-mm guns were due to follow after the landing force.
  The other is the police station, whence officers make occasional sallies to round up drivers or follow up a crime identified by the CCTV operators.
  It is evident by now how the values of a therapeutic culture surrounding us have affected our own views, and, therefore, whence the dread and fear of our own aging and general discomfort level with its attendant issues arises.
  At first, it was stipulated that S knew, whence it followed that S was properly ignoring all possibilities of error.
  A law found by measurement is necessarily mathematical in form, whence its manipulation by proportionalities will reveal consequences no less certain to be borne out by measurement.
  In the indeterminate fluxations of a cosmos in which ‘things happen’ and it is futile to ask about whence or wherefore, he accepted responsibility for nothing except the poem he aspired to be.
  The judgment of the Court is, that you be taken hence to the jail from whence you came, thence to the place of execution, and on Friday next, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M., be hung by the neck until you are dead!
  Now it is on all hands agreed, that nothing abstract or general can be made really to exist, whence it should seem to follow, that it cannot have so much as an ideal existence in the understanding.
  Synonyms
  therefore, for that reason, consequently, so, as a result, as a consequence, in consequence, hence, thus, then, that being so, that being the case, on that account

Usage

Strictly speaking, whence means ‘from what place,’ as in whence did you come? Thus, the preposition from in from whence did you come? is redundant and its use is considered incorrect by some. The use with from is very common, though, and has been used by reputable writers since the 14th century. It is now broadly accepted in standard English

Origin

Middle English whennes, from earlier whenne (from Old English hwanon, of Germanic origin) + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound).

单词	whence
释义	Definition of whence in English: whence (also from whence) interrogative adverbwɛns archaic, formal From what place or source. 从何处；从哪儿 whence does Parliament derive this power? 国会是从何处获得这一权力的？ Example sentencesExamples He can dismiss the question of whence the Holiness Code derives its use of purity language in relation to sins that are not, in and of themselves, violations of literal, physical purity. Control is understood as one's being the source whence her actions emanate. First and foremost, one must ask whence this ‘right’ derives. relative adverbwɛns(h)wɛns archaic, formal 1From which; from where. 从那个；从那里 the Ural mountains, whence the ore is procured 乌拉尔山脉，那里是出产这种矿石的地方。 1.1 To the place from which. 到原来的地方 he will be sent back whence he came 他会被送回到他来的地方去。 Example sentencesExamples Why had he been sent to Somerset, whence he had escaped and taken refuge in the station? Concerned to limit the smothering, Fritz sent the boy off to the barracks, whence he emerged a martinet much given to fancy uniforms, which he would change as often as 10 times a day. His father Eric came from Breslau, but as a young man escaped to Paris, whence he was sent to London in 1900 by a theatrical agency to run its London branch. Deep, painful decisions for President Wilson in World War I to send Americans back from whence they had the chaos, from whence they had escaped. I've just parcelled my first bit of ripped up junkmail back in its prepaid envelope and sent it back from whence it came. But then consider well, Hugh, dost thou not know from whence thou comest - upon Whose message thou are sent? If they misbehave, they're sent back from whence they came. The Ghost of Christmas Passed came calling today, sending pinecones packing and stockings slinking into the Rubbermaid bins from whence they came. In 1848, however, the abdicating French King claimed the collection as his personal property, and the young Second Republic obliged, sending it after him to England, whence it was dispersed. We live in a strange time and place where a minister of the government believes that he is doing his job by rounding up the poorest of the poor and sending them back to the hellhole from whence they sprang. If he realized that she knew that he was an escaped convict, then he might assume that she would be only too eager to send him back from whence he came. He was taken from his mother and sent to a Church of England boys' home whence he was adopted by a white family who loved him dearly. Normally you can stop them in time and whatever has come up can be sent back down from whence it came but this time I just couldn't do it and out went this little puddle of puke straight into Stinking Pete's pint. I'd leave him in that box and let him ride around in the UPS truck til they send him back from whence he came. Four straight defeats, coupled with Queen of the South's defeat against Forfar in midweek, sent them back to whence they came. 1.2 As a consequence of which. 由此，据此 whence it followed that the strategies were obsolete 由此得出这样的结论：这些策略已过时了。 Example sentencesExamples The other is the police station, whence officers make occasional sallies to round up drivers or follow up a crime identified by the CCTV operators. In the indeterminate fluxations of a cosmos in which ‘things happen’ and it is futile to ask about whence or wherefore, he accepted responsibility for nothing except the poem he aspired to be. A law found by measurement is necessarily mathematical in form, whence its manipulation by proportionalities will reveal consequences no less certain to be borne out by measurement. At first, it was stipulated that S knew, whence it followed that S was properly ignoring all possibilities of error. Not a single plane was ready to take off on that night from Smorodino airfield, whence 45-mm guns were due to follow after the landing force. The judgment of the Court is, that you be taken hence to the jail from whence you came, thence to the place of execution, and on Friday next, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M., be hung by the neck until you are dead! It is evident by now how the values of a therapeutic culture surrounding us have affected our own views, and, therefore, whence the dread and fear of our own aging and general discomfort level with its attendant issues arises. Now it is on all hands agreed, that nothing abstract or general can be made really to exist, whence it should seem to follow, that it cannot have so much as an ideal existence in the understanding. Synonyms therefore, for that reason, consequently, so, as a result, as a consequence, in consequence, hence, thus, then, that being so, that being the case, on that account Usage Strictly speaking, whence means ‘from what place’, as in whence did you come? Thus, the preposition from in from whence did you come? is redundant, and its use is considered incorrect by some. The use with from is very common, though, and has been used by reputable writers since the 14th century. It is now broadly accepted in standard English Origin Middle English whennes, from earlier whenne (from Old English hwanon, of Germanic origin) + -s³ (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound). Rhymes cense, commence, common sense, condense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, Hortense, immense, offence (US offense), pence, prepense, pretence (US pretense), sense, spence, suspense, tense, thence Definition of whence in US English: whence (also from whence) adverb(h)wɛns(h)wens From what place or source. 从何处；从哪儿 whence does Congress derive this power? 国会是从何处获得这一权力的？ Example sentencesExamples First and foremost, one must ask whence this ‘right’ derives. Control is understood as one's being the source whence her actions emanate. He can dismiss the question of whence the Holiness Code derives its use of purity language in relation to sins that are not, in and of themselves, violations of literal, physical purity. relative adverb(h)wɛns(h)wens 1From which; from where. 从那个；从那里 the Ural mountains, whence the ore is procured 乌拉尔山脉，那里是出产这种矿石的地方。 1.1 To the place from which. 到原来的地方 he will be sent back whence he came 他会被送回到他来的地方去。 Example sentencesExamples But then consider well, Hugh, dost thou not know from whence thou comest - upon Whose message thou are sent? Concerned to limit the smothering, Fritz sent the boy off to the barracks, whence he emerged a martinet much given to fancy uniforms, which he would change as often as 10 times a day. In 1848, however, the abdicating French King claimed the collection as his personal property, and the young Second Republic obliged, sending it after him to England, whence it was dispersed. We live in a strange time and place where a minister of the government believes that he is doing his job by rounding up the poorest of the poor and sending them back to the hellhole from whence they sprang. Why had he been sent to Somerset, whence he had escaped and taken refuge in the station? He was taken from his mother and sent to a Church of England boys' home whence he was adopted by a white family who loved him dearly. If he realized that she knew that he was an escaped convict, then he might assume that she would be only too eager to send him back from whence he came. His father Eric came from Breslau, but as a young man escaped to Paris, whence he was sent to London in 1900 by a theatrical agency to run its London branch. Four straight defeats, coupled with Queen of the South's defeat against Forfar in midweek, sent them back to whence they came. Deep, painful decisions for President Wilson in World War I to send Americans back from whence they had the chaos, from whence they had escaped. The Ghost of Christmas Passed came calling today, sending pinecones packing and stockings slinking into the Rubbermaid bins from whence they came. If they misbehave, they're sent back from whence they came. I'd leave him in that box and let him ride around in the UPS truck til they send him back from whence he came. Normally you can stop them in time and whatever has come up can be sent back down from whence it came but this time I just couldn't do it and out went this little puddle of puke straight into Stinking Pete's pint. I've just parcelled my first bit of ripped up junkmail back in its prepaid envelope and sent it back from whence it came. 1.2 As a consequence of which. 由此，据此 whence it followed that the strategies were obsolete 由此得出这样的结论：这些策略已过时了。 Example sentencesExamples Not a single plane was ready to take off on that night from Smorodino airfield, whence 45-mm guns were due to follow after the landing force. The other is the police station, whence officers make occasional sallies to round up drivers or follow up a crime identified by the CCTV operators. It is evident by now how the values of a therapeutic culture surrounding us have affected our own views, and, therefore, whence the dread and fear of our own aging and general discomfort level with its attendant issues arises. At first, it was stipulated that S knew, whence it followed that S was properly ignoring all possibilities of error. A law found by measurement is necessarily mathematical in form, whence its manipulation by proportionalities will reveal consequences no less certain to be borne out by measurement. In the indeterminate fluxations of a cosmos in which ‘things happen’ and it is futile to ask about whence or wherefore, he accepted responsibility for nothing except the poem he aspired to be. The judgment of the Court is, that you be taken hence to the jail from whence you came, thence to the place of execution, and on Friday next, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M., be hung by the neck until you are dead! Now it is on all hands agreed, that nothing abstract or general can be made really to exist, whence it should seem to follow, that it cannot have so much as an ideal existence in the understanding. Synonyms therefore, for that reason, consequently, so, as a result, as a consequence, in consequence, hence, thus, then, that being so, that being the case, on that account Usage Strictly speaking, whence means ‘from what place,’ as in whence did you come? Thus, the preposition from in from whence did you come? is redundant and its use is considered incorrect by some. The use with from is very common, though, and has been used by reputable writers since the 14th century. It is now broadly accepted in standard English Origin Middle English whennes, from earlier whenne (from Old English hwanon, of Germanic origin) + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound).
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