Meaning

• From here, from this place, away

  "Get thee hence, Satan!"

• From the living or from this world

  "After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence."

• (of a length of time) in the future from now

  "A year hence it will be forgotten."

• As a result; therefore, for this reason

  "I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party."