Thereforeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈðɛə.fɔː/
• (General American) enPR: thârʹfôr, IPA: /ˈðɛɹ.fɔɹ/
• IPA: (obsolete) /ˈðɜːɹˌfɔːɹ/
• ハイフネーション: there‧fore
• 韻: -ɛə(ɹ)fɔː(ɹ)

副詞

therefore (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.

   Traditional values will always have a place—therefore, they will never lose relevance.

   I've been explicitly forbidden to leave and therefore must stay longer.

   I left the office at 5 o'clock. I was therefore not there when the fire started a quarter of an hour later.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 14:20:

     I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.

   • 1637, René Descartes, Discourse on the Method:

     Je pense, donc je suis (I think, therefore I am)

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts,  […] , and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.

   • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:

     Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.

   • 1753, The Spectator, number 642:

     He blushes; therefore he is innocent.

2. (conjunctive, archaic) For that; for it (in reference to a previous statement).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 19:27:

     Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

同意語

• (for that purpose): so, thus, to that end, to this end
• (consequently): hence, then, thus, accordingly, as a result, thereby, eo ipso, ∴ (math); See also Thesaurus:therefore

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