then

(noun, adjective, adverb, conjunction)

adjective

1. at a specific prior time

- the then president

Similar word(s): past

adverb

1. subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

- then he left

- go left first, then right

- first came lightning, then thunder

Similar word(s): so

2. 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

3. at that time

- I was young then

- prices were lower back then

- science as it was then taught

Sentences with then as an adverb:

- He was happy then.

- He fixed it, then left.

- Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.

- There are three green ones, then a blue one.

- If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.

- Is it 12 o'clock already? Then it's time for me to leave.

- You don't like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?

- That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.

conjunction

1. obsolete spelling of than

noun

1. that time; that moment

- we will arrive before then

- we were friends from then on

Definition categories: time, point

Sentences with then as a noun:

- It will be finished before then.