Pronunciation Adverb
then (not comparable)
- (temporal location) At that time.
- He was happy then.
- Bible, Book of Genesis 12:6
- And the Canaanite was then in the land.
- (temporal location) Soon afterward.
- He fixed it, then left.
- Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
- Bible, Gospel of Matthew 5:24
- First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- (sequence) Next in order; in addition.
- There are three green ones, then a blue one.
- (conjunctive) In that case.
- If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
- Is it 12 o'clock already? Then it's time for me to leave.
- You don't like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?
- (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
- That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
- (UK, dialect, affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion.
- (at that time) at the time, back in the day
- (soon afterward) and then, and so, subsequently, so
- (next in order) and then, followed by; see also Thesaurus:then
- (in that case) accordingly, as a result; see also Thesaurus:therefore
- (at the same time) concurrently, therewhile; see also Thesaurus:simultaneously
- (contradiction)
- French: alors, à cette époque-là
- German: dann, damals
- Italian: allora
- Portuguese: então, naquele tempo, naquela época
- Russian: тогда́
- Spanish: entonces, en aquel entonces
- French: puis, ensuite
- German: dann, danach, anschließend
- Italian: poi, quindi
- Portuguese: então, depois, em seguida
- Russian: зате́м
- Spanish: luego
- French: puis
- German: danach
- Italian: poi, quindi
- Portuguese: então, depois, seguidamente, sequencialmente
- Russian: зате́м
- Spanish: después
- French: alors, auquel cas
- German: dann, so
- Italian: allora
- Portuguese: então, nesse caso
- Russian: то
- Spanish: entonces
- French: cependant, en même temps
- German: genauso, gleichermaßen
- Italian: allo stesso tempo
- Portuguese: ao mesmo tempo, simultaneamente; entretanto
- Russian: тогда́
- Spanish: también
then (not comparable)
- Being so at that time.
- 2011, Alessandra Lemma, Mary Target, Peter Fonagy, Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy: A Clinician's Guide, page 124:
- He had met his then girlfriend when he had just started university. The relationship ended unhappily when the girlfriend complained that he never wanted to go out.
- 2011, Alessandra Lemma, Mary Target, Peter Fonagy, Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy: A Clinician's Guide, page 124:
- German: damalig
- Portuguese: de então
- Russian: тогда́шний
- Spanish: de entonces
- That time
- It will be finished before then.
- Obsolete spelling of than#English|than
- Misspelling of than
Then
Proper noun
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