then

CEFRA1

/ðɛn/

adverb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    At that time or next.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    Next in order of place.

Examples

  • If you didn't know me that way then you simply didn't know me.

  • Life was harder then because neither of us had a job.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ðen/

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. Soon afterward.

  2. At that time.

  3. In addition; also; besides.

More examples

In context

  • Then there is a problem...

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

  • He fixed it, then left.

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Antonyms

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Origin

adverb

From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.