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thus   (TTS Sound)

The noun thus has 1 sense

• frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus -- (an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation)

The adv thus has 2 senses

• therefore, hence, thence, thus, so -- ((used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted")


• thus, thusly, so -- (in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant))