Then can be categorized as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
Adjective |
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| then - at a specific prior time; "the then president" | ||
Adverb |
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| then - subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed" | ||
| then - at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught" | ||
| then - in that case or as a consequence; "if he didn't take it, then who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be rich" | ||
Noun |
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| then - that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on" |
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| 1. | noun | We will arrive before then. | |
| 2. | noun | We were friends from then on. | |
| 3. | adj. | The then president. | |
| 4. | adv. | Then he left. | |
| 5. | adv. | Go left first, then right. | |
| 6. | adv. | First came lightning, then thunder. | |
| 7. | adv. | We watched the late movie and then went to bed. | |
| 8. | adv. | I was young then. | |
| 9. | adv. | Prices were lower back then. | |
| 10. | adv. | Science as it was then taught. | |
| 11. | adv. | If he didn't take it, then who did? | |
| 12. | adv. | Keep it then if you want to. | |
| 13. | adv. | The case, then, is closed. | |
| 14. | adv. | You've made up your mind then? | |
| 15. | adv. | Then you'll be rich. | |
| 16. | adv. | If he or she did not, then they should have all the same rights as other Iraqis. | |
| 17. | adv. | Yesterday there were tens of them putting road blocks on our street and setting up mortars, they only come out in the open when Americans leave the area, then they start firing mortars indiscriminately and shooting their AK-47's in the air. | |
| 18. | adv. | Not only did Bush not know who General Pervez Musharraf was, he seems to have confused coup-making with "taking office," and moreover went on to suggest that the overthrow of an elected prime minister and the installation in power of the Pakistan military, then the world's strongest supporter of the Taliban, would bring "stability!" |
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| noun | |
| We will arrive before then. |
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| We were friends from then on. |
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| The then president. |
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| adv. | |
| Then he left. |
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| Go left first, then right. |
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| First came lightning, then thunder. |
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| We watched the late movie and then went to bed. |
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| I was young then. |
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| Prices were lower back then. |
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| Science as it was then taught. |
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| If he didn't take it, then who did? |
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| Keep it then if you want to. |
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| The case, then, is closed. |
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| You've made up your mind then? |
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| Then you'll be rich. |
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| If he or she did not, then they should have all the same rights as other Iraqis. |
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| Yesterday there were tens of them putting road blocks on our street and setting up mortars, they only come out in the open when Americans leave the area, then they start firing mortars indiscriminately and shooting their AK-47's in the air. |
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| Not only did Bush not know who General Pervez Musharraf was, he seems to have confused coup-making with "taking office," and moreover went on to suggest that the overthrow of an elected prime minister and the installation in power of the Pakistan military, then the world's strongest supporter of the Taliban, would bring "stability!" |
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