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2 meanings

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1 —as in:
Thus it was necessary.

Definition

therefore (for that reason; or what follows is so because of what was just said)

Increase law enforcement reduced the supply of the drug and thus increased the cost, but the improvement was partially offset when the increased cost encouraged more supply.

thus = therefore (for that reason)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The price of gasoline increased fifty cents this year, thus costing the average driver an additional $250.

thus = therefore (for that reason)

He was now too weak even to hunt effectively and thus grew weaker still, sliding closer and closer toward starvation.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

thus = therefore (for that reason)

Jem said he would take me. Thus began our longest journey together.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

thus = therefore (for that reason)

...then we have a margin of nearly two weeks. Thus, in order to be quite safe, we must leave here on 17th at latest.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

thus = therefore (for that reason)

And if the facts say otherwise then the facts must be altered. Thus history is continuously rewritten.
George Orwell -- 1984

thus = therefore (for that reason)

I'm one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the 'guilty,' but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself.
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

thus = therefore (for that reason)

He had not got the conch and thus spoke against the rules; but nobody minded.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

thus = therefore (for that reason)

Only the language of civilized people may be spoken, thus no German.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

thus = therefore (for that reason)

The fortress served as a constant reminder of her years in exile and unjust banishment at the hands of her dear departed sister, and thus was a spur to her ruthless methods.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

thus = for that reason

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2 —as in:
betrayed her thus

Definition

in the way mentioned or shown

She read my diary and mocked my most private thoughts in public. My worst fears realized thus, I avoided friends between classes.

thus = in that way

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Having betrayed her thus, he was not surprised when she broke up with him.

thus = in that way

But wisdom prevailed in the camp of the faithful and many lives were thus saved.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

thus = in that way

We are not our own masters. We are God's property. Is it not our happiness thus to view the matter?
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

thus = in that way

What devil art thou, that dost torment me thus?
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

thus = in that way

He is not the first that I have seen thus; but we grew up together and that always makes it a bit different.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

thus = in that way

He filled his bottle with river water, lit a candle for himself and one for Lina, and thus equipped, they left the boat behind and crept up the rocky shelf to the path.
Jeanne DuPrau -- The City of Ember

thus = in that way

Autumn passed thus.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

thus = in that way

Thus it is done.
Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book

thus = in that way

Knowing well her part, she ascended a flight of wooden steps, and was thus displayed to the surrounding multitude, at about the height of a man's shoulders above the street.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

thus = in that way

Less commonly:

The expression, thus far means so far or up until now.

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