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Then

/ðen/

Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

📖 Definitions of "Then"

conjunction
  1. 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. 2

    (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.

noun
  1. 1

    That time

    "It will be finished before then."

adjective
  1. 1

    Being so at that time.

adverb
  1. 1

    (temporal location) At that time.

    "He was happy then."

  2. 2

    (temporal location) Soon afterward.

    "He fixed it, then left."

  3. 3

    (sequence) Next in order; in addition.

    "There are three green ones, then a blue one."

  4. 4

    In that case.

    "If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key."

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