then (n.)

  1. that time; that moment; we will arrive before then; we were friends from then on'

    then (adv.)

  1. subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); then he left; go left first, then right; first came lightning, then thunder; we watched the late movie and then went to bed; and so home and to bed

    [ Syn: so , so , and so , and so , and then , and then , so , so , and so , and so , and then , and then , so , so , and so , and so , and then , and then , so , so , and so , and so , and then , and then ]

  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; you've made up your mind then?; then you'll be rich'

  3. at that time; I was young then; prices were lower back then; science as it was then taught'

    then (adj.)

  1. at a specific prior time; the then president'

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