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English adjective: then

1. then at a specific prior time


SamplesThe then president.


Similarpast


Antonymsfuture, present


English noun: then

1. then (time) that time; that moment


SamplesWe will arrive before then.
We were friends from then on.


Broader (hypernym)point, point in time


English adverb: then

1. then subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)


SamplesThen he left.
Go left first, then right.
First came lightning, then thunder.
We watched the late movie and then went to bed.
And so home and to bed.


Synonymsand so, and then, so

2. then in that case or as a consequence


SamplesIf he didn't take it, then who did?.
Keep it then if you want to.
The case, then, is closed.
You've made up your mind then?.
Then you'll be rich.

3. then at that time


SamplesI was young then.
Prices were lower back then.
Science as it was then taught.









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