English dictionary
then
/D//E/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
conjunction
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Than.
Source: webster1913
noun
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that time; that moment
ExamplesWe will arrive before then.
We were friends from then on.
Source: WordNet 3.0
adverb
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subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
ExamplesThen he left.
Go left first, then right.
First came lightning, then thunder.
We watched the late movie and then went to bed.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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in that case or as a consequence
ExamplesIf 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.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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at that time
ExamplesI was young then.
Prices were lower back then.
Science as it was then taught.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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at a specific prior time
ExamplesThe then president.
Source: WordNet 3.0