1. (adj) then
that time; that moment
"we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"
2. (adverb) then(a)
at a specific prior time
"the then president"
3. (adverb) then, so, and so, and then
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"
4. (adverb) then
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"
5. (adverb) then
at that time
"I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught"
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