English Explanatory Dictionary

then

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. At that time.
  2. Soon afterward.
  3. Next in order of place.
  4. In addition; also; besides.
  5. In that case.
  6. At the same time; on the other hand.
  7. Used to contradict an assertion.
adj
  1. Being so at that time.
noun
  1. That time.
conj
  1. Obsolete spelling of than.
  2. Misspelling of than.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ðɛn/ /ðen/ en-us-then.ogg

Word forms

then den Thens

Etymology

From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.

Synonyms

and then followed by as a result therewhile ensuingly followingly hereafter syne then at the time back in the day and so subsequently so accordingly concurrently

Antonyms

before previously prior to

Related words

if

Derived words

and then everyone clapped and then everyone on the bus clapped and then some back then but then but then again even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then even then every now and then go on then if-then-else if-then if-then statement just then life's a bitch and then you die now and then now then other then sell in May then go away that was then and this is now that was then, this is now then again then and in that event then-and-now then and now then and there there and then who's a pretty boy then
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