Definitions

therefore

[thair-fawr, -fohr] / ˈðɛərˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr /

ADVERB

as a result; for that reason

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accordingly so then thus

STRONG

consequently hence thence

WEAK

and so ergo for for this reason forasmuch as in consequence in that event inasmuch as on account of on the grounds since therefrom thereupon to that end whence wherefore

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Therefore, the pair could feature in the next round of County Championship matches, beginning on Friday.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Therefore, more power plants will have to be kept running, which helps explain Quanta’s record $48.5 billion backlog.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Therefore, Muse sees “a permanent change” for the memory industry’s long-term earnings power, and more upside ahead for Micron and Sandisk shares.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Therefore, a general admission ticket for SoCal FuelFest costs $58.24 including tax and fees, but children age 12 and under get in free with a ticketed adult.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Therefore, every time that Úrsula became exercised over her husband's mad ideas, she would leap back over three hundred years of fate and curse the day that Sir Francis Drake had attacked Riohacha.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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