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- Dictionarythen/ðɛn/
adverb
- 1. at that time; at the time in question: "I was living in Cairo then" Similar
- 2. after that; next; afterwards: "she won the first and then the second game" Similar
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THEN definition: 1. (at) that time (in the past or in the future): 2. next or after that: 3. in addition: . Learn more.
1. : at that time. 2. a. : soon after that : next in order of time. walked to the door, then turned. b. : following next after in order of position, narration, or enumeration : being next in a series. first came the clowns, and then came the elephants.
You use then to introduce the second part of a sentence which begins with 'if'. The first part of the sentence describes a possible situation, and then introduces the result of the situation. If the answer is 'yes', then we must decide on an appropriate course of action.
Then is a word that puts things in order by time, or refers to a moment in time: you get up; then you have breakfast. You're married now; back then, you were single. The word then can also be used as a consequence, often after the word if. If you watch the kids, then I will clean the house.
THEN definition: 1. at that time: 2. next, or after something has happened: 3. so or because of that: . Learn more.
THEN meaning: 1. (at) that time (in the past or in the future): 2. next or after that: 3. in addition: . Learn more.
adverb. 1. at that time, in those days, at that point, at that moment, on that occasion, at that point in time I never worried about money then. 2. after that, later, next, afterwards, subsequently Add the oil and then the scallops.
adverb. at that time: Prices were lower then. immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again. next in order of time: We ate, then we started home. at the same time: At first the water seemed blue, then gray.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English then1 /ðen/ S1 W1 adverb 1 at a particular time in the past or future I wish I had known then what I know now. It was then that I realised she’d tricked me.
Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Used after but to qualify or balance a preceding statement. The star was nervous, but then who isn't on the first night of a new play.
