then

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈðɛn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ðɛn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ᵺen)

Collocations for "then"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "then" in context.

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then

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adv
  1. first comes [one], then comes [the other]
  2. then [call, tell, help]
  3. so why didn't you [call] me, then?
  4. which do you [like, prefer] then?
  5. go on, then
  6. [one] and then [the other, another]
  7. then in that case
  8. if you [go, stay], then I will too
  9. then, and only then
  10. and then there was [light, the time]
  11. see you then
  12. and then we will [go, try, eat]
  13. and then we can [go]
  14. and then at [5]
  15. right then and there
  16. right there and then
  17. [well, and, but] then again
  18. then we will see who [wins, is better, comes out on top]
  19. and even then [I wasn't sure, it wasn't certain]
  20. if not [now, you], then [when, who]?
adj
  1. the then president
  2. my then boyfriend
additional examples
  1. first comes [one], then comes [the other]
  2. then [call, tell, help]
  3. so why didn't you [call] me, then?
  4. which do you [like, prefer] then?
  5. go on, then
  6. [one] and then [the other, another]
  7. then in that case
  8. if you [go, stay], then I will too
  9. then, and only then
  10. and then there was [light, the time]
  11. see you then
  12. and then we will [go, try, eat]
  13. and then we can [go]
  14. and then at [5]
  15. right then and there
  16. right there and then
  17. [well, and, but] then again
  18. haven't [seen, heard from] him since then
  19. then we will see who [wins, is better, comes out on top]
  20. and even then [I wasn't sure, it wasn't certain]
  21. if not [now, you], then [when, who]?
  22. the then president
  23. my then boyfriend
'then' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
OK - after - again - age - agreed - amusing - bed - between - brick - briefly - butter - crashed - crop - ever - every - fancy - fantasy - gorge - hand - maybe - mistaken - now - on - one - out - perhaps - phone - picking - power - promptly - prove - right - see - settled - since - something - subside - suddenly - sure - surely - telephone - think - under - used - very - well - worse

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