then
/ðen/
Dictionary
conjunction
- Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
"she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; We had no choice than to return home"
- (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.
noun
- That time
"It will be finished before then."
adjective
- Being so at that time.
adverb
- (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."
- 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."
- (affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion.
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