Associations to the word «Then»
Noun
Verb
Wiktionary
THEN, adverb. (temporal location) At that time.
THEN, adverb. (temporal location) Soon afterward.
THEN, adverb. (sequence) Next in order; in addition.
THEN, adverb. (conjunctive) In that case.
THEN, adverb. (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
THEN, adverb. (obsolete) At the time that; when.
THEN, adverb. (UK) (dialect) (affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion.
THEN, adjective. Being so at that time
THEN, noun. That time
THEN, conjunction. Obsolete spelling of than
THEN AGAIN, adverb. (idiomatic) From another point of view; on the other hand; on second thought
THEN AND THERE, adverb. (idiomatic) Right at that moment in time.
Dictionary definition
THEN, noun. That time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on".
THEN, adverb. 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".
THEN, adverb. 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".
THEN, adverb. At that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught".
THEN, adjective. At a specific prior time; "the then president".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.