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1 donde
1 whence; from where: donde venite?, whence do you come?; tornate donde siete venuti, go back where you came from2 ( perché, per quale motivo) why, for what reason: donde tanti pregiudizi?, why so many prejudices? // averne ben donde, to have good reason: è preoccupato, e ne ha ben donde, he's worried, and he has good reason.* * *['donde]* * *donde/'donde/ -
2 donde vieni?
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3 onde
onde2 pron.rel. (letter.) ( da cui) whence; from where; from which; whence; whereby; ( con cui) with which: tornate al luogo onde siete venuti, go back where you came from (o antiq. whence you came); aveva i mezzi onde poter vivere agiatamente, he had the means by which (o form. whereby) to live comfortably; il male onde era afflitto continuava a peggiorare, the disease he was suffering from (o from which he was suffering) continued to get worse // onde segue che..., onde si deduce che, thus it follows that...onde3 cong.1 ( affinché) so that, in order that: ti dico questo onde tu possa cautelarti, I'm telling you this so that you can take the necessary precautions; vi scrivo onde avvertirvi che..., I am writing to notify you that...2 ( cosicché) so that: la stampa non ne parla, onde presumo che la notizia sia infondata, there is no report of it in the press, so (that) I presume the news is without foundation.* * *['onde]* * *onde/'onde/ant. lett. (al fine di) to, in order to; (affinché) in order that, so that; onde evitare confusioni (in order) to avoid confusion. -
4 desumere
desumere v.tr.1 ( dedurre) to infer, to deduce, to gather; ( trarre) to draw*: donde si desume che..., whence we infer that...; desumere una conclusione, to draw a conclusion; desumere qlco. da un fatto, to deduce sthg. from a fact; sono notizie che si devono desumere da una fonte ben precisa, it's news that must come from a very precise source; da che cosa desumi che non si è divertito?, how do you gather that he didn't enjoy himself?; da quanto ci ha raccontato desumo che il viaggio è andato bene, from what he has told us I gather the journey went well2 ( congetturare) to conjecture.* * *[de'sumere]verbo transitivo1) (dedurre) to deduce, to infer, to gather2) (trarre) to get*, to gather* * *desumere/de'sumere/ [23]1 (dedurre) to deduce, to infer, to gather2 (trarre) to get*, to gather.
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from whence — from whence, from hence 1. Although widely disapproved of on the grounds that from is redundant, from whence has a long and distinguished history of use in questions • (From whence these Murmurs, and this change of mind Dryden, 1697) and in… … Modern English usage
from whence — phrasal from what place, source, or cause < no one could tell me from whence the gold had come Graham Greene > … New Collegiate Dictionary
from whence — Although this phrase has been widely used in previous centuries (even in the King James version of the Bible), it is wordy. Omit from or whence or just say where: Where did that boot come from? … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
from hence — from whence, from hence 1. Although widely disapproved of on the grounds that from is redundant, from whence has a long and distinguished history of use in questions • (From whence these Murmurs, and this change of mind Dryden, 1697) and in… … Modern English usage
Whence — Whence, adv. [OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s, properly a genitive ending; see { wards}), also whenne, whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D. when. See {When}, and cf. {Hence}, {Thence}.] [1913 Webster] 1. From what place;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whence — (also from whence) ► ADVERB formal or archaic 1) from what place or source? 2) from which; from where. 3) to the place from which. 4) as a consequence of which. USAGE Whence means ‘from what place’, as in who are you and whence come you? Strictly … English terms dictionary
whence — [ wens, hwens ] adverb, conjunction 1. ) LITERARY used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated: The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs. 2. ) an old or literary word meaning from where : He arrived at the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whence — whence, whither Both words have centuries of history behind them and were once routine in their respective meanings ‘from which place’ and ‘to which place’, but in current use they are regarded as archaic or at least highly formal, although they… … Modern English usage
whence — /hwens, wens/ adv. 1. from what place?: Whence comest thou? 2. from what source, origin, or cause?: Whence has he wisdom? conj. 3. from what place, source, cause, etc.: He told whence he came. [1250 1300; ME whennes, whannes, equiv. to whanne (by … Universalium
whence — [[t](h)wɛns, wɛns[/t]] adv. 1) from what place?: Whence comest thou?[/ex] 2) from what source, origin, or cause?: Whence has he wisdom?[/ex] 3) from what place, source, cause, etc.: He told whence he came[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME whennes,… … From formal English to slang
whence — adv. & conj. formal adv. from what place? (whence did they come?). conj. 1 to the place from which (return whence you came). 2 (often prec. by place etc.) from which (the source whence these errors arise). 3 and thence (whence it follows that).… … Useful english dictionary
