then

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ðɛn/, SAMPA: /DEn/
• (Canada) IPA ^(key): /ðen/

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• Homophone: than

Preposition

Preposition then

1. (At) that time or that moment.
   • Antonym: now

   Then she was little. Now she is big.

   The then president did a lot of developmental activities.

   We will arrive before then.

   I'm going to see you next month; by then you will have finished your thesis.

   Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary.

2. After something else.

   First, I cook the food; then I eat it, and then I wash the plates.

3. In that case.

   If she is happy, then I'm happy too.

Related words

• when