Sekirov Dictionary

then

/ðɛn/

adverb 7
adjective 1
noun 1
phrases 5

adverb7

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at that time
- He was happy then.
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Soon afterward.
- He fixed it, then left.
- Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
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In that case.
- If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
- Is it 12 o’clock already? Then it’s time for me to leave.
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At the same time; on the other hand.
- That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
- The forms inheritress and inheritrix are used only in literature, and then but rarely.
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Next in order of place.
- There are three green ones, then a blue one.
In addition; also; besides.
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(dialect, UK) Used to contradict an assertion.
- ‘She says Indian elephants are tidgy little things.’ ‘They're not then.’ Emma was getting heated. ‘They're –’ ‘Emma!’ said Jenny sharply. The child subsided. — 2001

adjective[before a noun]1

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Being so at that time.
- He had met his then girlfriend when he had just started university. The relationship ended unhappily when the girlfriend complained that he never wanted to go out. — 2011

noun1

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That time.
- It will be finished before then.

Phrases with then

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