No. 3,268 in Swedish
således
Thus; therefore.
In a sentence
Hon hade tränat mycket inför tävlingen; således vann hon första pris.
She had trained hard for the competition; thus she won first prize.
The word 'således' is used to illustrate a logical conclusion or result arising from the preceding statement.
Boken saknade de nödvändiga bilderna, således var texten svår att förstå.
The book lacked the necessary images, thus the text was difficult to understand.
Here, 'således' identifies the consequence of a lack of illustrations leading to the difficulty in understanding.
De hade alla förutsättningar för att lyckas, således kunde projektet genomföras framgångsrikt.
They had all prerequisites for success, thus the project could be completed successfully.
In this sentence, 'således' marks the result or outcome enabled by the mentioned conditions.
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