THUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thus mean? 

• THUS (noun)
  The noun THUS has 1 sense:

1. an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

  Familiarity information: THUS used as a noun is very rare.

• THUS (adverb)
  The adverb THUS has 2 senses:

1. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

2. in the way indicated

  Familiarity information: THUS used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

frankincense; gum olibanum; olibanum; thus

Hypernyms ("thus" is a kind of...):

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

Derivation:

thurify (perfume especially with a censer)

• THUS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

Synonyms:

hence; so; thence; therefore; thus

Context example:

the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted

Sense 2

Meaning:

In the way indicated

Synonyms:

so; thus; thusly

Context example:

set up the pieces thus

 Context examples 

It was thus imparted to her, as soon as any opportunity of private conference between them occurred.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Thus, scientists can explore what happens when those particular neurons are turned on or off.

(Controlling Brain Circuits in Mice, NIH)

Paclitaxel promotes microtubule assembly and prevents depolymerization, thus interfering with normal mitosis.

(Paclitaxel-loaded polymeric micelle, NCI Thesaurus)

We had not sat long thus, when another person came in.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This is the largest concentration of eggs of extinct vertebrates known thus far.

(Brazil and China scientists unearth pterosaur eggs with preserved embryos, Agência Brasil)

Thus, when he had bumped his nose on the back-wall a few times, he accepted that he would not disappear into walls.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

While I was thus engaged, Ernest entered: he had heard me arrive, and hastened to welcome me: “Welcome, my dearest Victor,” said he.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Thus the spell was broken, and all who had been turned into stones awoke, and took their proper forms.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I thought it my duty as a friend, and older than yourself, to say thus much to you.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Neurons in the olfactory epithelium with receptors that bind, and thus detect, odorants.

(Olfactory Receptor Neuron, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)