# thus

Pronunciation: say "THUS" /ˈðʌs/

## Adverb

1. As a consequence of what has just been said or done; therefore.
   - Simple: For that reason, because of what happened before.
   - _The committee lacked a quorum, and thus no binding vote could be taken._
   - _He had broken the agreement and thus forfeited any claim to compensation._
2. In the manner or way being pointed out or described. *(literary)*
   - Simple: In the way that was just shown or described.
   - _The teacher held the chisel thus, demonstrating the proper angle for the cut._
   - _Bow thus before the altar, then step quietly to one side._

## Origin

From Middle English "thus," from Old English "þus" ("in this way, as follows"), from Proto-West Germanic *þus. It perhaps came originally from a variant of the instrumental form of "this," and it is related to Dutch "dus" and West Frisian "dus."

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