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Then   /ðɛn/   Listen
Then

adverb
1.
Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors).  Synonyms: and so, and then, so.  "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"
2.
In that case or as a consequence.  "Keep it then if you want to" , "The case, then, is closed" , "You've made up your mind then?" , "Then you'll be rich"
3.
At that time.  "Prices were lower back then" , "Science as it was then taught"
adjective
1.
At a specific prior time.
noun
1.
That time; that moment.  "We were friends from then on"



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"Then" Quotes from Famous Books



... nodded at his sister cheerfully. "Wait until my wool cheque comes in, and you want a new frock—then you'll speak respectfully of my little merinoes. And if you don't, ...
— Back To Billabong • Mary Grant Bruce
... to show the disposition of my temper before a friend alone; before my assembled comrades the thing had to go handsomely. It was then my time to come on the stage; and I hope I took ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... before her, with expressions of anger and despair flickering over her face. Then, gradually, they died down like flames into ashes. She sank back against the wall, and her eyes ...
— The Thrall of Leif the Lucky • Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
... We gave the states more power to innovate because we know that a lot of great ideas come from outside Washington and many states are already using it. Then this Congress took a dramatic step. Instead of taxing people with modest incomes into poverty, we helped them to work their way out of poverty by dramatically increasing the earned income tax credit. It ...
— State of the Union Addresses of William J. Clinton • William J. Clinton
... portrayed by the pen of inspiration in the passage before us? The horrible "murders," massacres and bloody persecutions of the saints, are verified in authentic history. Papal bulls, imperial and royal edicts, issued against heretics, answer to the second part of this awful picture. Then follow "sorceries," plainly pointing out pretended revelations, false miracles, etc. To these are to be added "fornications," corporeal and spiritual, in a mass of superstitions added to, or supplanting divine ordinances; together ...
— Notes On The Apocalypse • David Steele


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