then
Meaning of then
- 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
- (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.
- That time
It will be finished before then.
adjective
Being so at that time.
adverb- (temporal location) At that time.
He was happy then.
- (temporal location) Soon afterward.
He fixed it, then left.
- (sequence) Next in order; in addition.
There are three green ones, then a blue one.
- In that case.
If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
- (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
- (affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion.
Information about then
- The plural form of then is: thens.
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Hyphenation of then
then
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- then is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
then synonyms
Meaning so:
Meaning :
concurrently, therewhile, accordingly, subsequently
Translation of then
- French: alors, puis, ensuite
- Italian: allora, poi, quindi
- Spanish: entonces, luego, después
- German: derzeit, damals, dazumal, seinerzeit, ehedem, danach, dann
Anagrams of then
Words that rhyme with then
Wathen, heathen, lathen, nonheathen, tagathen, unheathen, wreathen, breadthen, ethen, hethen, phenylethen, piperidinoethen, enstrengthen, instrengthen, lengthen, outlengthen, overlengthen, overstrengthen, prestrengthen, restrengthen, strengthen, unstrengthen, diazoacenaphthen, tetrahydrothionaphthen, blithen, sithen, swithen, withen, writhen, aminothioxanthen, azafluoranthen, butylxanthen, chlorothioxanthen, dichloroxanthen, dihydrofluoranthen, dihydroxyxanthen, dimethoxyxanthen, dimethylthioxanthen, dinitroxanthen, dioxoxanthen, fluoranthen, hydroxyxanthen, iodothioxanthen, isopropoxyxanthen, isopropylxanthen, menthen, methanofluoranthen, methoxythioxanthen, methoxyxanthen, methylthioxanthen