then
adverb
[ ðɛn ]
• at that time; at the time in question.
• "I was living in Cairo then"
Similar:
at that time,
at that point,
in those days,
at that point in time,
at that moment,
on that occasion,
• after that; next; afterwards.
• "she won the first and then the second game"
• in that case; therefore.
• "if you do what I tell you, then there's nothing to worry about"
Similar:
in that case,
that being the case,
that being so,
under those circumstances,
it follows that,
Origin:
Old English thænne, thanne, thonne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dan and German dann, also to that and the.
but then
• after all; on the other hand (introducing a contrasting comment).
• "it couldn't help, but then again, it probably couldn't hurt"
