then

[ th en ]
/ ðɛn /

adverb

adjective

being; being such; existing or being at the time indicated: the then prime minister.

noun

that time: We have not been back since then. Till then, farewell.

Idioms for then

    but then, but on the other hand: I found their conversation very dull, but then I have different tastes.
    then and there, at that precise time and place; at once; on the spot: I started to pack my things right then and there. Also there and then.

Origin of then

before 900; Middle English then(ne), than(n)e, Old English thonne, thanne, thænne; cf. than; akin to that

synonym study for then

8. See therefore.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH then

than then

Words nearby then

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British Dictionary definitions for then and there

Word Origin for then

Old English thenne; related to Old Saxon, Old High German thanna; see than

Idioms and Phrases with then and there (1 of 2)

then and there

Also, there and then. At that precise time and place; on the spot. For example, When the board questioned his judgment again, he resigned then and there. The first term was first recorded in 1442, the variant in 1496.

Idioms and Phrases with then and there (2 of 2)

then