Then
WordNet
adverb
(1) Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
"Then 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"
(2) At that time
"I was young then"
"Prices were lower back then"
"Science as it was then taught"
(3) In that case or as a consequence
"If 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"
noun
(4) That time; that moment
"We will arrive before then"
"We were friends from then on"
WiktionaryText
Adverb
- at that time
- He was happy then.
- soon afterward.
- He fixed it, then left.
- next in order; in addition.
- There are three green ones, then a blue one.
- in that case.
- If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
- at the same time; on the other hand.
- That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
- At the time that; when.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.23:
- Than the knyght sawe hym lye soo on the ground, he alyght and was passynge heuy, for he wende he had slayne hym [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.23:
See also
- by then
- just then
- now and then
- there and then
- until then