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adverb

at that time: Prices were lower then.

immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again.

next in order of time: We ate, then we started home.

at the same time: At first the water seemed blue, then gray.

next in order of place: Standing beside Charlie is my uncle, then my cousin, then my brother.

in addition; besides; also: I love my job, and then it pays so well.

in that case; as a consequence; in those circumstances: If you're sick, then you should stay in bed.

since that is so; as it appears; therefore: You have, then, found the mistake? You are leaving tonight then.

adjective

being; being such; existing or being at the time indicated: the then prime minister.

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noun

10.

that time: We have not been back since then. Till then, farewell.

Idioms

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.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English then(ne), than(n)e, Old English thonne, thanne, thænne; cf. than; akin to that

Can be confused: than, then (see usage note at than).

Synonyms
8. See therefore.

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then (ðɛn)

—*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 than]

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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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"For parents the grown-up child's leave-taking from the family nest is a time for reexamining their own lives. . . . They reminisce about the birth of this marvelous child, her first smile, her first words, her first steps. . . . They look back . . . to their mothers and fathers as they seemed then—so strong, so marvelous—to the schoolyard games, to the springtime of youth when the energies of growth propelled them into the future and everything still seemed possible."

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