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English

{{rank|like|little|now|78|then|A|should|can}}

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ðɛn/,
  • IPA: /ðen/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-then.ogg
  • Homophones: unstressed than
  • : Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛn|-ɛn


Etymology

Old English þonne

Adverb

  1. at that time
  2. : He was happy then.
  3. soon afterward.
  4. : He fixed it, then left.
  5. next in order; in addition.
  6. : There are three green ones, then a blue one.
  7. in that case.
  8. : If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
  9. at the same time; on the other hand.
  10. : That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.


Synonyms


Translations

  • Albanian: pastaj
  • Czech: ,
  • Dutch: toen past tense, dan present and future tenses
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|tiam|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: sitten :fi:sitten|^
  • French:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|それから|tr=sorekara|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|その後|tr=sono ato|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|その後|tr=sono go|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|そして|tr=soshite|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish: paşî, dûre, piştre, dûvre, peyre
  • Malay: tidak lama kemudian
  • Old English: {{t-|ang|þa|alt=þā|xs=Old English}}
  • Polish: (a) następnie, (a) potem
  • Portuguese: depois, em seguida
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|затем|tr=zat'ém|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|потом|tr=potóm|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovenian: potem
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish: , , ,
  • Albanian: pastaj
  • Czech: ,
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|tiam|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: sitten :fi:sitten|^
  • French:
  • German:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|それから|tr=sorekara|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|その後|tr=sono ato|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|その後|tr=sono go|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|次に|tr=tsugini|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish: paşî, dûre, piştre, dûvre, peyre
  • Arabic:
  • Czech: ,
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|tiam|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: niin :fi:niin|^
  • French:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|そのとき|tr=sonotoki|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|だから|tr=dakara|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish: , ,

Adjective

  1. being so at that time


Translations

  • Dutch: toenmalig, toenmalige
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|当時|tr=touji|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|そのとき|tr=sono toki|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|その時点|tr=sono jiten|sc=Jpan}}
  • Swedish:

See also


Noun

  1. that time
  2. : It will be finished before then.


Translations

  • Swedish: ,

Category:100 English basic words Category:Time

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Then \Then\, conj.
1. Than. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore;
for this reason.
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If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom.
--Locke.
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Now, then, be all thy weighty cares away. --Dryden.
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Syn: Therefore.

Usage: Then, Therefore. Both these words are used in
reasoning; but therefore takes the lead, while then is
rather subordinate or incidental. Therefore states
reasons and draws inferences in form; then, to a great
extent, takes the point as proved, and passes on to
the general conclusion. "Therefore being justified by
faith, we have peace with God." --Rom. v. 1. "So then
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God." --Rom. x. 17.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Then \Then\ ([th][e^]n), adv. [Originally the same word as than.
See Than.]
1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past
or future).
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And the Canaanite was then in the land. --Gen. xii.
6.
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Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
also I am known. --1 Cor. xiii.
12.
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2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
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First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come
and offer thy gift. --Matt. v. 24.
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3. At another time; later; again.
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One while the master is not aware of what is done,
and then in other cases it may fall out to be own
act. --L'Estrange.
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By then.
(a) By that time.
(b) By the time that. [Obs.]
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But that opinion, I trust, by then this
following argument hath been well read, will be
left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent
Antichrist. --Milton.
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Now and then. See under Now, adv.

Till then, until that time; until the time mentioned.
--Milton.
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Note: Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for
then existing; as, the then administration.
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WordNet then
adj : at a specific prior time; "the then president" [syn: then(a)]
n : that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we
were friends from then on"
adv 1: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence
connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then
right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we
watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so
home and to bed" [syn: so, and so, and then]
2: in that case or as a consequence; "if 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"
3: at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back
then"; "science as it was then taught"
Moby Dictionary
above , accordingly , additionally , aforetime , after , after all ,
after that , afterwards , again , all included , also , altogether ,
among other things , ancient , and all , and also , and so , anon ,
as well , at another time , at that moment , at that time , au reste ,
because of that , because of this , before , before now , beforetime ,
beside , besides , beyond , consequently , contemporaneously , earlier ,
early , else , en plus , erenow , erewhile , ergo , erst , erstwhile ,
ex post facto , extra , farther , for lagniappe , for that ,
for that cause , for that reason , for this cause , for this reason ,
for which reason , fore , former , formerly , further , furthermore ,
hence , hereat , heretofore , historically , hitherto , immemorial , in ,
in addition , in that case , in the aftermath , in the past ,
in the sequel , in times past , inter alia , into the bargain , item ,
late , later , likewise , more , moreover , next , old , olden ,
on that account , on that ground , on that occasion , on the side ,
on this account , on top of , once , onetime , only yesterday , over ,
past , plus , prehistoric , prehistorically , previous , previously ,
primeval , primitive , prior , priorly , propter hoc , quondam , recent ,
recently , similarly , simultaneously , since , sometime , subsequently ,
thence , thereafter , thereat , therefor , therefore , thereon ,
thereupon , therewith , thus , thusly , thuswise , to boot , too , when ,
whence , wherefore , wherefrom , whilom , yesterday , yet


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