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there·fore  (ârfôr, -fr)
adv.
For that reason or cause; consequently or hence.

[Middle English : there, there; see there + for, fore, fore; see for.]

therefore [ˈðɛəˌfɔː]
sentence connector
1. thus; hence: used to mark an inference on the speaker's part those people have their umbrellas up: therefore, it must be raining
2. consequently; as a result they heard the warning on the radio and therefore took another route
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Adv.1.therefore - (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"
2.therefore - as a consequence; "he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held"

therefore
adverb consequently, so, thus, as a result, hence, accordingly, for that reason, whence, thence, ergo Muscles need lots of fuel and therefore burn lots of calories.
Translations
therefore [ˈðɛəfɔːʳ] ADVpor tanto, por lo tanto
he wanted to become the richest, and therefore the happiest, man in the worldquería convertirse en el hombre más rico, y por(lo)tanto más feliz, del mundo
I think, therefore I ampienso, luego existo
therefore X = 4luego X es igual a 4(Math)

therefore [ˈðɛərfɔːr] advdonc, par conséquent

therefore
advdeshalb, daher; (as logical consequence) → also; so therefore I was wrongich hatte also unrecht; we can deduce, therefore, that …wir können also or daher folgern, dass …

therefore [ˈðɛəˌfɔːʳ] advperciò, quindi
it isn't therefore any better → per questo non è meglio
therefore [ˈðɛəˌfɔːʳ] advperciò, quindi
it isn't therefore any better → per questo non è meglio

therefore لذلك proto derfor deshalb ως εκ τούτου por consiguiente sen vuoksi donc stoga perciò 従って 그러므로 daarom derfor dlatego portanto следовательно därför เพราะฉะนั้น bu yüzden vì vậy 因此


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No fragments which can be identified as belonging to the first period survive to give us even a general idea of the history of the earliest epic, and we are therefore thrown back upon the evidence of analogy from other forms of literature and of inference from the two great epics which have come down to us.
They were again obliged, therefore, to beat down a path for their horses, sometimes travelling on the icy surface of the stream.
of the experiment is therefore absolutely demonstrated; its
 
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