Definition of Then
Adverb: then dhen
- Subsequently or soon afterwards (often used as a sentence connector)
"then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed";
- so, and so, and then
- 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"
- At that time
"I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught"
- That time; that moment
"we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"
- At a specific prior time
"the then president"
See also:
themselves
thenage
Anagrams containing the word then