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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. that time; that moment;
- Example: "we will arrive before then"
- Example: "we were friends from then on"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. at a specific prior time;
- Example: "the then president"


ADVERB (3)

1. subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors);
- Example: "then he left"
- Example: "go left first, then right"
- Example: "first came lightning, then thunder"
- Example: "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"
- Example: "and so home and to bed"
[syn: then, so, and so, and then]

2. in that case or as a consequence;
- Example: "if he didn't take it, then who did?"
- Example: "keep it then if you want to"
- Example: "the case, then, is closed"
- Example: "you've made up your mind then?"
- Example: "then you'll be rich"

3. at that time;
- Example: "I was young then"
- Example: "prices were lower back then"
- Example: "science as it was then taught"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Then \Then\ ([th][e^]n), adv. [Originally the same word as than.
   See Than.]
   1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past
      or future).
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            And the Canaanite was then in the land. --Gen. xii.
                                                  6.
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            Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
            also I am known.                      --1 Cor. xiii.
                                                  12.
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   2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
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            First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come
            and offer thy gift.                   --Matt. v. 24.
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   3. At another time; later; again.
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            One while the master is not aware of what is done,
            and then in other cases it may fall out to be own
            act.                                  --L'Estrange.
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   By then.
      (a) By that time.
      (b) By the time that. [Obs.]
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                But that opinion, I trust, by then this
                following argument hath been well read, will be
                left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent
                Antichrist.                       --Milton.
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   Now and then. See under Now, adv.

   Till then, until that time; until the time mentioned.
      --Milton.
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   Note: Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for
         then existing; as, the then administration.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Then \Then\, conj.
   1. Than. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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   2. In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore;
      for this reason.
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            If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom.
                                                  --Locke.
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            Now, then, be all thy weighty cares away. --Dryden.
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   Syn: Therefore.

   Usage: Then, Therefore. Both these words are used in
          reasoning; but therefore takes the lead, while then is
          rather subordinate or incidental. Therefore states
          reasons and draws inferences in form; then, to a great
          extent, takes the point as proved, and passes on to
          the general conclusion. "Therefore being justified by
          faith, we have peace with God." --Rom. v. 1. "So then
          faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of
          God." --Rom. x. 17.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

then
    adv 1: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence
           connectors); "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" [syn: then, so, and so, and then]
    2: in that case or as a consequence; "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"
    3: at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back
       then"; "science as it was then taught"
    adj 1: at a specific prior time; "the then president"
    n 1: that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we
         were friends from then on"