then

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English

Alternative forms

• den (African-American Vernacular, Bermuda)

Etymology

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”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ðɛn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ðen/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Adverb

then (not comparable)

1. (temporal location) At that time.
2. (temporal location) Soon afterward.
3. (sequence) Next in order of place.
4. In addition; also; besides.
5. (conjunctive) In that case.
6. (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.

7. (UK, dialect, affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion.

Synonyms

• (at that time): at the time, back in the day
• (soon afterward): and then, and so, subsequently, so
• (next in order): and then, followed by; see also Thesaurus:then
• (in that case): accordingly, as a result; see also Thesaurus:therefore
• (at the same time): concurrently, therewhile; see also Thesaurus:simultaneously
• (contradiction):

Translations

See also

• (next in order): if

Adjective

then (not comparable)

1. Being so at that time.

Translations

Noun

then

1. That time

Translations

Conjunction

then

1. Obsolete spelling of than.
2. Misspelling of than.

Derived terms

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “then”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
• “then”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Neth, Neth., ethn-, hent

Swedish

Pronoun

then

1. Obsolete spelling of den.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 栓 (SV: thuyên). The obsolete form thoen is attested in some texts.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰɛŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) then • (杄, 扦, 栓)

1. bar, peg (used for locking a door)
2. latch

Derived terms

Zou

Noun

then

1. maggot

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf