what does then mean?
THEN as NOUN
- Meaning
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
- 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
- Meaning
Usage Example(s)
- I was young then
- prices were lower back then
- science as it was then taught
- 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
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