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Then   /ðɛn/   Listen
Then

adverb
1.
Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors).  Synonyms: and so, and then, so.  "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"
2.
In that case or as a consequence.  "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.  "Prices were lower back then" , "Science as it was then taught"
adjective
1.
At a specific prior time.
noun
1.
That time; that moment.  "We were friends from then on"



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"Then" Quotes from Famous Books



... P.M. A destroyer screen then appeared beyond the German battle cruisers. The whole German High Seas Fleet could be seen approaching on the northeastern horizon in three divisions, coming to the support of their ...
— History of the World War - An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War • Francis A. March and Richard J. Beamish
... protracted course of fraud and prevarication practiced by Mr. Lincoln's Administration in the months of March and April has been fully exhibited. It was evident that no confidence whatever could be reposed in any pledge or promise of the Federal Government as then administered. Yet, notwithstanding all this, no resistance, other than that of pacific protest and appeals for an equitable settlement, was made, until after the avowal of a purpose of coercion, and when it was known that a hostile ...
— The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government • Jefferson Davis
... saw that he was getting angry with me for drawing distinctions, when he wanted to catch me in his springes of words. And I remembered that Connus was always angry with me when I opposed him, and then he neglected me, because he thought that I was stupid; and as I was intending to go to Euthydemus as a pupil, I reflected that I had better let him have his way, as he might think me a blockhead, and refuse to take ...
— Euthydemus • Plato
... a protesting hand, and then took off his glasses and began to polish them. A buzz of talk arose. Men turned to one another and began to argue. The doctor behind ...
— The Blue Germ • Martin Swayne
... boss." Then he added that he did not care about talking much at any time, as he was a mighty poor hand ...
— The Call Of The South - 1908 • Louis Becke


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