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What (who) is then - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Then (disambiguation); Then (song)
Then
·conj Than.
II. Then ·adv At another time; later; again.
III. Then ·adv Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
IV. Then ·adv At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).
V. Then ·conj In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.
then
I. ad.
1.
At that time.
2.
Afterwards, afterward, soon afterward.
3.
Therefore, for this reason, on that account.
4.
At another time, hereafter, sooner or later.
5.
That time.
II. conj.
In that case, in consequence, therefore.
then
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Then means at a particular time in the past or in the future.
He wanted to have a source of income after his retirement; until then, he wouldn't require additional money...
The clinic opened for business last October and since then has treated more than 200 people.
ADV: ADV with cl, oft prep ADV
2.
Then is used when you refer to something which was true at a particular time in the past but is not true now.
...the Race Relations Act of 1976 (enacted by the then Labour Government)...
ADJ: ADJ n
•
Then is also an adverb.
Richard Strauss, then 76 years old, suffered through the war years in silence...
ADV: ADV group
3.
You use then to say that one thing happens after another, or is after another on a list.
Add the oil and then the scallops to the pan, leaving a little space for the garlic...
ADV: ADV cl/group, ADV before v
4.
You use then in conversation to indicate that what you are about to say follows logically in some way from what has just been said or implied.
'I wasn't a very good scholar at school.'-'What did you like doing best then?'...
ADV: cl/group ADV
5.
You use then at the end of a topic or at the end of a conversation.
'I'll talk to you on Friday anyway.'-'Yep. Okay then.'
ADV: cl/group ADV
6.
You use then with words like 'now', 'well', and 'okay', to introduce a new topic or a new point of view.
Now then, you say you walk on the fields out the back?
ADV: adv ADV
7.
You use then to introduce the second part of a sentence which begins with 'if'. The first part of the sentence describes a possible situation, and then introduces the result of the situation.
If the answer is 'yes', then we must decide on an appropriate course of action...
ADV: ADV cl
8.
You use then at the beginning of a sentence or after 'and' or 'but' to introduce a comment or an extra piece of information to what you have already said.
He sounded sincere, but then, he always did.
ADV: ADV cl
9.
Wikipedia
Then
Then may refer to:
- Then language, spoken in Guizhou province of China
- "Then", a song on the 1970 album Time and a Word by English rock band Yes
- Then (Canadian series), a 1999 compilation album released in Canada
- Then (Misako Odani album), a 2002 album by Japanese singer Misako Odani
- Then: The Earlier Years, a 1997 compilation album by rock band They Might Be Giants
- "Then" (Anne-Marie song), 2017
- "Then" (The Charlatans song), 1990
- "Then" (Brad Paisley song), 2009
- Part of the "if-then-else" conditional construct in computer programming
Examples of use of then
1. Then, in a jerky, uncoordinated shuffle, I stepped forward, then sideways, then backwards, then sideways again.
2. Then she ranted again, then seethed, then regretted, then ranted again.
3. There were screams, then groans, then whimpers and then nothing.
4. Then came the Ukrainians, threatening a massacre of Jews, then the Poles, then the Bolsheviks, then the Poles again.
5. Washington, D.C., then Des Moines, then Londonderry.