THEN as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • that time
    • that moment
    Usage Example(s)
    • we will arrive before then
    • we were friends from then on
    Hypernyms(s) then is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

THEN as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • then he left
    • 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. Meaning
    • at that time
    Usage Example(s)
    • I was young then
    • prices were lower back then
    • science as it was then taught
  3. Meaning
    • in that case or as a consequence
    Usage Example(s)
    • if he didn”t take it, then who did?
    • keep it then if you want to
    • the case, then, is closed
    • you”ve made up your mind then?
    • then you”ll be rich