adverb
1.
at that time: Prices were lower then.
2.
immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again.
3.
next in order of time: We ate, then we started home.
4.
at the same time: At first the water seemed blue, then gray.
5.
next in order of place: Standing beside Charlie is my uncle, then my cousin, then my brother.
adjective
9.
being; being such; existing or being at the time indicated: the then prime minister.
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Then
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
noun
Idioms 10.
that time: We have not been back since then. Till then, farewell.
11.
but then, but on the other hand: I found their conversation very dull, but then I have different tastes.
12.
then and there, at that precise time and place; at once; on the spot: I started to pack my things right then and there. Also, there and then.
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then (ðɛn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adv | |
| 1. | at that time; over that period of time |
| 2. | (sentence modifier) in that case; that being so: then why don't you ask her?; if he comes, then you'll have to leave; go on then, take it |
| 3. | then and there See there |
| —sentence connector | |
| 4. | after that; with that: then John left the room and didn't return |
| —n | |
| 5. | that time: before then; from then on |
| —adj | |
| 6. | (prenominal) existing, functioning, etc, at that time: the then prime minister |
| [Old English thenne; related to Old Saxon, Old High German thanna; see | |
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Word Origin & History
then
adverb of time, from O.E. þanne, þænne, þonne, from P.Gmc. *thana- (cf. O.Fris. thenne, O.S. thanna, Du. dan, O.H.G. danne, Ger. dann), from PIE demonstrative pronoun root *to- (see the). For further sense development, see
than. Similar evolutions in other Gmc. languages; Du. uses dan in both senses, but Ger. has dann (adv.) "then," denn (conj.) "than." Now and then "at various times" is attested from c.1550; earlier then and then (c.1200).
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
then
In addition to the idioms beginning with then, also see and then some; every now and then.
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Example sentences
His dancers waddle, with torsos torqued and arms spread, and then extend a pointed leg and pause.
Otherwise, coat the remaining bonbons, then let them dry and harden.
Then another, and another-a ring of standing pillars.
The total orbital energy remains constant, so if the spacecraft gains orbital energy then the moon's orbital energy decreases.
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