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thus In this sentence, thus means: Economist Machine translation: Conquering Babel from that fact or reason or as a result 1 once / 18 pages

Accepted Answer

L These often have different grammatical rules, and thus different conventional word orders. https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21569014-simultaneous-translation-computer-getting-closer-conquering-babel at this time or period; now | without delay or hesitation | from that fact or reason or as a result | favorably or with much respect Use the adverb thus in place of words like therefore or so when you want to sound proper. Use thus interchangeably with words like consequently, ergo, hence, and just like that. For example, if you want to sound fancy you could say no one showed up for water aerobics, thus the class was cancelled. It had to be thus. Thus is also, rarely, a noun that means a good-smelling gum resin from trees that we don't really use anymore. 0.055555556

Word	thus
QType	L
Instructions	In this sentence, thus means:
Sentence	These often have different grammatical rules, and thus different conventional word orders.
Source	Economist
Source URL	https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21569014-simultaneous-translation-computer-getting-closer-conquering-babel
Source Title	Machine translation: Conquering Babel
Choices	at this time or period; now \| without delay or hesitation \| from that fact or reason or as a result \| favorably or with much respect
Correct Answer	from that fact or reason or as a result
Blurb	Use the adverb thus in place of words like therefore or so when you want to sound proper. Use thus interchangeably with words like consequently, ergo, hence, and just like that. For example, if you want to sound fancy you could say no one showed up for water aerobics, thus the class was cancelled. It had to be thus. Thus is also, rarely, a noun that means a good-smelling gum resin from trees that we don't really use anymore.
Level	1
Frequency	0.055555556
Page Frequency	once / 18 pages

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