Thenceforth
adverb
From that time onward.
After that event, he thenceforth decided to change his ways.
Often appears as...
- start thenceforth
- live thenceforth
Usage tips
Formal
adverb
From that time onward.
After that event, he thenceforth decided to change his ways.
Often appears as...
- start thenceforth
- live thenceforth
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Historically Elegant
Thenceforth carries an old-fashioned tone and often appears in historical or classical literature.
She took the throne and thenceforth ruled with wisdom.
Pro Tip 2/3Change Marker
Use 'thenceforth' to emphasize a pivotal change or the start of a new phase in a narrative.
He won the lottery and thenceforth lived a life of luxury.
Pro Tip 3/3Less Common Usage
'Thenceforth' is less commonly used in everyday language; 'from then on' is more usual in casual speech.
He moved to Paris and thenceforth spoke French daily.
Pro Tip 1/3Historically Elegant
Thenceforth carries an old-fashioned tone and often appears in historical or classical literature.
She took the throne and thenceforth ruled with wisdom.
Pro Tip 2/3Change Marker
Use 'thenceforth' to emphasize a pivotal change or the start of a new phase in a narrative.
He won the lottery and thenceforth lived a life of luxury.
Pro Tip 3/3Less Common Usage
'Thenceforth' is less commonly used in everyday language; 'from then on' is more usual in casual speech.
He moved to Paris and thenceforth spoke French daily.
Pro Tip 1/3Historically Elegant
Thenceforth carries an old-fashioned tone and often appears in historical or classical literature.
She took the throne and thenceforth ruled with wisdom.
Pro Tip 2/3Change Marker
Use 'thenceforth' to emphasize a pivotal change or the start of a new phase in a narrative.
He won the lottery and thenceforth lived a life of luxury.
Pro Tip 3/3Less Common Usage
'Thenceforth' is less commonly used in everyday language; 'from then on' is more usual in casual speech.
He moved to Paris and thenceforth spoke French daily.
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Quote examples
Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education.
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Athanasius
Roman Saint
Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgment, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life, which they are thenceforth to rule.
Quote examples
Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education.
Quote examples
Athanasius
Roman Saint
Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgment, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life, which they are thenceforth to rule.
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