thus

See also þus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈðʌs/, SAMPA: /"DVs/

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• Rhymes: -ʌs

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English þus (“in this way”), from Proto-Germanic *þus. Cognate with Old Frisian þus (West Frisian dus (“thus”)), Old Saxon þus (“thus”) (Middle and Modern Low German sus ("thus", "hence")), Dutch dus (“thus, so”), Old High German dus.

Adverb

thus (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) As a result.

   I have all the tools I need, thus I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic.

2. (manner) In this way or manner.

   If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.

Translations

as a result

Basque: hala (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: (formal) 因此 (cmn) (yīncǐ), (informal) 所以 (cmn) (suǒyǐ) Czech: a tak Danish: således (da) Dutch: bijgevolg (nl), aldus (nl) Finnish: täten (fi), siten (fi), niin (fi), näin (fi) French: ainsi (fr), donc (fr), par conséquent (fr), alors (fr) German: also (de), demnach (de) Greek: έτσι (el) (étsi) Hebrew: כך (kakh) Hungarian: így (hu) Italian: quindi (it), perciò (it), dunque (it)

Japanese: それ故 (それゆえ, sore yue), 従って (ja) (shitagatte), なので (ja) (nanode) Kurdish: بۆیه‌, چونکه‌ Latin: ita (la), sīc (la) Lithuanian: taip (lt), tokiu būdu (lt) Polish: dlatego (pl) Portuguese: assim (pt) Romanian: deci (ro), așadar (ro) Russian: таким образом (ru) (takím óbrazom) Scottish Gaelic: mar sin (gd) Slovene: tako (sl) Spanish: así (es) Swedish: följaktligen (sv), således (sv), sålunda (sv), alltså (sv)

in this way or manner

Arabic: هكذا (ar) (hakadhaa) Bengali: এভাবে (bn) (ebhabe) Catalan: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: (formal) 如此 (cmn) (rúcǐ), (informal) 這樣 (cmn), 这样 (cmn) (zhèyàng) Czech: tak (cs) Danish: dennelunde (da) Dutch: zo (nl), alzo (nl), aldus (nl) Esperanto: tiel (eo) Finnish: näin (fi) French: comme ça, comme cela, de cette façon, ainsi (fr) German: so (de) Greek: έτσι (el) (étsi) Italian: così (it)

Japanese: この様に (このように, kono yōni), こう (ja) (kō) Kurdish: ئه‌وها, به‌م شێوه‌یه‌ Latin: sic  (la), ita (la) Lithuanian: šitaip (lt), štai taip (lt) Norwegian: sånn (no), slik (no), på denne måten (no) Polish: tak (pl) Portuguese: assim, dessa forma, desse jeito Romanian: așa (ro), așa cum (ro), în acest fel (ro) Russian: так (tak), таким образом (takím óbrazom) Scottish Gaelic: mar seo (gd), mar sin (gd) Spanish: de esta manera (es), por lo tanto (es), así (es) Swedish: så (sv), såhär (sv), sålunda (sv), på detta vis (sv) Turkish: böylece (tr)  !Xóõ: !āhʻu

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Arabic: هكذا (hakáða) Catalan: així Serbo-Croatian: prema tome

Hungarian: igy, ilyenformán Korean: 그래서 (geuraeseo)

Derived terms

• thusly
• thus and such

Etymology 2

See thuris

Noun

thus (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of thuris.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: believe · white · means · #283: thus · order · near · public

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