Then (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adverb
  1. at that time: Prices were lower then.
  2. immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again.
  3. next in order of time: We ate, then we started home.
  4. at the same time: At first the water seemed blue, then gray.
  5. next in order of place: Standing beside Charlie is my uncle, then my cousin, then my brother.
  6. in addition; besides; also: I love my job, and then it pays so well.
  7. in that case; as a consequence; in those circumstances: If you're sick, then you should stay in bed.
  8. since that is so; as it appears; therefore: You have, then, found the mistake?You are leaving tonight then.
adjective
  1. being; being such; existing or being at the time indicated: the then prime minister.
noun
  1. that time: We have not been back since then.Till then, farewell.
Idioms
  1. but on the other hand: I found their conversation very dull, but then I have different tastes.
  2. at that precise time and place; at once; on the spot: I started to pack my things right then and there.
adverb
  1. at that time; over that period of time
  2. in that case; that being so
  3. then and there See there (def. 6)
sentence connector
  1. after that; with that
noun
  1. that time
adjective
  1. existing, functioning, etc, at that time
Then (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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