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then

US/ðɛn/ very common uk
adverb (3) noun (1) adjective (1)

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”
Synonyms
2.

in that case or as a consequence

  • “if he didn”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “ve made up your mind then?”
  • “then you”
3.

at that time

  • “I was young then”
  • “prices were lower back then”
  • “science as it was then taught”

noun

1.

that time; that moment

  • “we will arrive before then”
  • “we were friends from then on”

adjective

1.

at a specific prior time

  • “the then president”
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Origin

* As a south German surname, from the personal name Thön, a form of Anthony. * Also as a German surname, a variant of Ten, occupational surname for a mintmaster, from obsolete Middle Low German ten, tene (“blank; disk from which a coin is made”), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“metal rod”), or perhaps otherwise from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). * Also as a German name, from the noun Tenne (“threshing-floor”). * As a Chinese surname, a Romanization of 鄧 /邓 (dèng) (see Deng) and 田 (tián) (see Tian).

Phrases

  • and then everyone clapped
  • and then everyone on the bus clapped
  • and then some
  • back then
  • but then
  • but then again
  • even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then
  • even then

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