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then

  [then] ,
–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.
6. in addition; besides; also: I love my job, and then it pays so well.
7. in that case; as a consequence; in those circumstances: If you're sick, then you should stay in bed.
8. since that is so; as it appears; therefore: You have, then, found the mistake? You are leaving tonight then.
–adjective
9. being; being such; existing or being at the time indicated: the then prime minister.
–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.
Use then in a Sentence
Origin:
bef. 900; ME then(ne), than(n)e, OE thonne, thanne, thænne; cf. than; akin to that

Synonyms:
8. See therefore.
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then   (thěn)   
adv.  

  1. At that time: I was still in school then. Come at noon; I'll be ready then.

  2. Next in time, space, or order; immediately afterward: watched the late movie and then went to bed.

  3. In addition; moreover; besides: It costs $20, and then there's the sales tax to pay.

  4. Used after but to qualify or balance a preceding statement: The star was nervous, but then who isn't on the first night of a new play.

  5. In that case; accordingly: If traffic is heavy, then allow extra time.

  6. As a consequence; therefore: The case, then, is closed.

n.  That time or moment: The bus leaves at four; until then let's walk.
adj.  Being so at that time: the then chairman of the board.

[Middle English, from Old English thenne; see to- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.1205).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

then

In addition to the idioms beginning with then, also see and then some; every now and then.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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