Definitions

then

[then] / ðɛn /

ADVERB

before; at another time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

again formerly later next suddenly

WEAK

all at once anon at that instant at that moment at that point at that time before long on that occasion soon after thereupon when years ago

Antonyms

STRONGEST

earlier

ADVERB

therefore

Synonyms

STRONGEST

so thus

WEAK

accordingly consequently ergo from that time from then on from there on hence thence thenceforth thereupon whence

Example Sentences

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Then on Saturday a Maldivian rescue diver died during a search for the bodies.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Then build it again, 90% as good, at 80% of the cost, in 50% of the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Then comes the pico de gallo, which may be one of the most underrated grocery-store shortcuts of all time: tomatoes, onion, cilantro and jalapeños already chopped and ready to collapse into something savory.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Then I started thinking about summer imagery: ‘Folks get down in the sunshine, folks get brown in the sunshine, just bees and things and flowers.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Then they had gone to dance in her tribe’s dances, E for the first time.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

then

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