then
//ðɛn//
Definitions
1.At that time.
- And the Canaanite was then in the land.
2.Soon afterward.
- And then came an invitation to tonight's ball.
- Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
- He fixed it, then left.
3.Next in order of place.
- There are three green ones, then a blue one.
4.In addition; also; besides.
- I ate a burger, then went to bed.
- If you respect yourself, then others will respect you.
- If you respect yourself, then you will receive respect from others.
1.Being so at that time.
- Four years ago, 57 million tuned in to the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle between Harris and then-Vice President Mike Pence.
- It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.
- He had met his then girlfriend when he had just started university. The relationship ended unhappily when the girlfriend complained that he never wanted to go out.
1.That time.
- It will be finished before then.
1.Misspelling of than.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #79
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Common
Related words
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”).