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US
/ˈðɛn/
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[ UK /ðˈɛn/ ]
[ UK /ðˈɛn/ ]
ADVERB
-
at that time
science as it was then taught
prices were lower back then
I was young then -
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
we watched the late movie and then went to bed
go left first, then right
then he left
first came lightning, then thunder
and so home and to bed -
in that case or as a consequence
then you'll be rich
if he didn't take it, then who did?
you've made up your mind then?
the case, then, is closed
keep it then if you want to
ADJECTIVE
-
at a specific prior time
the then president
NOUN
-
that time; that moment
we were friends from then on
we will arrive before then
How To Use then In A Sentence
- Divide half the mixture between 4 glass bowls, then sprinkle with a few fresh raspberries and a bit more crushed honeycomb. The Sun
- But then on the other hand, the whole cosmos or universe is based on this love or compassion.
- In her house apron and with her hair a little ruffled she looked younger, startled and then angry. THE WHITE DOVE
- Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees. A Renegade History of the United States
- The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
- For instance, a few weeks ago in my sports statistics class, I envisioned a type of graph that’s a combination boxplot and lineplot — instead of turning towards Excel, I coded a Mathematica module to create this type of graph and then automate the creation of many of these. Wolfram Blog : Get Your Game On for Mathematics Awareness Month!
- Although he has mellowed a little since then, he is still a long way from being easy listening. Times, Sunday Times
- You do an estimate, and then it might cost a little bit more when you actually do the job.
- Then there are the PIP implant problems that thousands of women have had to contend with. The Sun
- I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry
