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Defenition of the word then

    • Defenition of the word then

      • At a given time in the past.
      • Soon after this; following in chronological order.
      • Used to indicate something that happens if or when something else happens.
      • Next in order.
      • Introducing a statement contrasted with the preceding.
      • The time referred to.
      • Being so at that time.
      • Used as a particle of inference.
      • at a specific prior time; "the then president"
      • that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"
      • at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • that time; that moment
      • at a specific prior time
      • subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
      • at that time
      • in that case or as a consequence

    Synonyms for the word then

      • after that
      • afterward
      • and so
      • and then
      • at that moment
      • at that time
      • followed by
      • in that case
      • it follows that
      • next
      • so
      • so therefore
      • subsequently
      • therefore

    Similar words in the then

      • past
      • then
      • thence
      • thenceforth
      • thenceforward
      • thenceforwards

    Hypernyms for the word then

      • point
      • point in time

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