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"then he left" "go left first, then right" "first came lightning, then thunder" "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"adverbsubsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
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"the then president"adjectiveat a specific prior time
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"we will arrive before then" "we were friends from then on"nounthat time; that momenttype of:
Definition that contains then
- back strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- than A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that.
- phone electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
- clean a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
- kick a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
- begin Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
- support establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- support a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- support the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- press a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead