How to pronounce henceforth
American English pronunciation
HENS-forth
- IPA
- /ˈhɛnsˌfɔɹθ/
- Syllables
- HENS · forth (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- hens-FORTH
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What henceforth means
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In a sentence: Henceforth, the last person to leave the kitchen has to turn off the lights.
Where it comes from: It joins two old words, "hence" and "forth," and goes back to Old English.
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