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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.
- 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
- Jem said he would take me. Thus began our longest journey together.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- ...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
- And if the facts say otherwise then the facts must be altered. Thus history is continuously rewritten.George Orwell -- 1984
- 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
- He had not got the conch and thus spoke against the rules; but nobody minded.William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
- Only the language of civilized people may be spoken, thus no German.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- 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
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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.
- But wisdom prevailed in the camp of the faithful and many lives were thus saved.Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
- 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
- What devil art thou, that dost torment me thus?William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- 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
- 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
- Autumn passed thus.Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- Thus it is done.Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book
- 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
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Less commonly:
The expression, thus far means so far or up until now.
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