then

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   At that time; in the past or future being talked about.

   I was much younger then and full of energy.

2. 2
   adv

   After that; next in time.

   We had lunch and then went for a walk.

3. 3
   adv

   In that case; as a result.

   If the door is locked, then we will need the key.

4. 4
   adv

   Next in order or place.

   There are three green ones, then a blue one.

* As a south German surname, from the personal name Thön, a form of Anthony. * Also as a German surname, a variant of Ten, occupational surname for a mintmaster, from obsolete Middle Low German ten, tene (“blank; disk from which a coin is made”), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“metal rod”), or perhaps otherwise from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). * Also as a German name, from the noun Tenne (“threshing-floor”). * As a Chinese surname, a Romanization of 鄧 /邓 (dèng) (see Deng) and 田 (tián) (see Tian).

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