1. At that time
   "science as it was then taught"; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"
    
2. Subsequently or soon afterwards (often used as a sentence connector)
   "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed";
   - so, and so
    
3. In that case or as a consequence
   "the case, then, is closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be rich"; "if he didn't take it, then who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"

1. That time; that moment
   "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"

1. At a specific prior time
   "the then president"

Derived forms: thens

See also: past

Type of: point, point in time

Encyclopedia: Then, Now, Always