then

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 See also 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Anagrams

[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)

1. (temporal location) at that time

   He was happy then.

2. (temporal location) soon afterward.

   He fixed it, then left.

3. (sequence) next in order; in addition.

   There are three green ones, then a blue one.

4. (conjunctive) in that case.

   If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.

5. (sequence) at the same time; on the other hand.

   That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.

6. (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 [...].

[edit] Synonyms

• (soon afterward): and then, and so, subsequently, so
• (next in order): and then

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[edit] Adjective

then (not comparable)

1. being so at that time

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[edit] See also

• by then
• just then
• now and then
• there and then
• until then

[edit] Noun

then (uncountable)

1. that time

   It will be finished before then.

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[edit] Anagrams

• hent