then
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA: /ðɛn/, SAMPA: /DEn/
- (CA) IPA: /ðen/
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- Homophones: unstressed than
- Rhymes: -ɛn
[edit] Etymology
Old English þonne. Cognate with German denn.
[edit] Adverb
then (not comparable)
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- (temporal location) at that time
- He was happy then.
- (temporal location) soon afterward.
- He fixed it, then left.
- (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.
- (sequence) at the same time; on the other hand.
- That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
- (obsolete) At the time that; when.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.23:
- Than the knyght sawe hym lye soo on the ground, he alyght and was passynge heuy, for he wende he had slayne hym [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.23:
[edit] Synonyms
- (soon afterward): and then, and so, subsequently, so
- (next in order): and then
[edit] Translations
at that time
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soon afterward
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next in order
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in that case
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at the same time; on the other hand
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[edit] Adjective
then (not comparable)
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Superlative |
- being so at that time
[edit] Translations
being so at that time
[edit] See also
[edit] Noun
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then (uncountable)
- that time
- It will be finished before then.
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