then
Meanings
Adverb
- At that time.
- Soon afterward.
- Next in order; in addition.
- In that case.
- At the same time; on the other hand.
- Used to contradict an assertion.
Adjective
- Being so at that time.
Noun
- That time
Related
Similar words
- at the time, back in the day
- and then, and so, subsequently, so
Origin
- From Middle English then(thenne, [[than(thanne, from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne, from Proto-Germanic *þan ("at that (time), then"), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só. Cognate with Dutch dan ("then"), German dann ("then"), Icelandic þá ("then"). Doublet of [[than.
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