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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
then /ðɛn/USA pronunciation   adv. 
  1. at that time:Prices were lower then.
  2. immediately or soon afterward:The rain stopped and then started again.
  3. next in order of time or place:We ate, then we started home.
  4. in that case;
    as a consequence;
    in those circumstances:If you want to quit, then do so.
  5. since that is so;
    as a consequence;
    therefore:If the car is out of gas, then it won't start.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. existing or being at the time indicated:In 1967, the then prime minister was indicted in a scandal.

n. [uncountable]
  1. that time:We haven't been back since then.
Idioms
  1. Idioms but then, but on the other hand;
    however:He got turned down for a promotion, but then he never expected to get it.
  2. Idioms then and there, at that precise time and place;
    at once:would have declared war then and there, but his cabinet forced him to reconsider.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
then (ᵺen),USA pronunciation  adv. 
  1. at that time:Prices were lower then.
  2. immediately or soon afterward:The rain stopped and then started again.
  3. next in order of time:We ate, then we started home.
  4. at the same time:At first the water seemed blue, then gray.
  5. next in order of place:Standing beside Charlie is my uncle, then my cousin, then my brother.
  6. in addition;
    besides;
    also:I love my job, and then it pays so well.
  7. in that case;
    as a consequence;
    in those circumstances:If you're sick, then you should stay in bed.
  8. since that is so;
    as it appears;
    therefore:You have, then, found the mistake? You are leaving tonight then.
  9. but then, but on the other hand:I found their conversation very dull, but then I have different tastes.
  10. then and there, at that precise time and place;
    at once;
    on the spot:I started to pack my things right then and there.Also, there and then. 

adj. 
  1. being;
    being such;
    existing or being at the time indicated:the then prime minister.

n. 
  1. that time:We have not been back since then. Till then, farewell.
  • bef. 900; Middle English then(ne), than(n)e, Old English thonne, thanne, thænne; compare than; akin to that
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See therefore. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
then / ðɛn/
  1. at that time; over that period of time
  2. (sentence modifier) in that case; that being so: then why don't you ask her?, if he comes, then you'll have to leave, go on then, take it
  1. after that; with that: then John left the room and didn't return
  1. that time: before then, from then on
  1. (prenominal) existing, functioning, etc, at that time: the then prime minister
Etymology: Old English thenne; related to Old Saxon, Old High German thanna; see than
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