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Then
/ðen/
Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
📖 Definitions of "Then"
conjunction
- 1
Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
"she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; We had no choice than to return home"
- 2
(obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.
noun
- 1
That time
"It will be finished before then."
adjective
- 1
Being so at that time.
adverb
- 1
(temporal location) At that time.
"He was happy then."
- 2
(temporal location) Soon afterward.
"He fixed it, then left."
- 3
(sequence) Next in order; in addition.
"There are three green ones, then a blue one."
- 4
In that case.
"If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key."
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