He's always harking back to his childhood and saying how things were better then. Just then, the lights went out. The train leaves at three minutes to eight, so we'd better get there a few …

Note: Do not confuse then with than, which is used in comparisons ("younger than I am," "taller than me," "better than ever," "no one other than us," "beginning no sooner than I arrived").

But this use of then as a coordinating conjunction is actually both widespread and widely accepted; in our 2012 survey, more than three quarters of the Usage Panel found the …

as a consequence; in those circumstances: If you're sick, then you should stay in bed. since that is so; as it appears; therefore: You have, then, found the mistake? You are leaving tonight …

Definition of then adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

You use then at the beginning of a sentence or after `and' or `but' to introduce a comment or an extra piece of information to what you have already said. He sounded sincere, but then, he …

Call me tomorrow - I'll have time to speak then. Tim and I were at school together, but I haven't seen him since then.

Then is a very common word that’s used in situations involving what comes next—either in terms of time (as in Just then, the door opened or We saw a movie and then we drove home) or a …

THEN meaning: 1 : at that time at the time mentioned; 2 : used to indicate what happened or happens next

then meaning, definition, what is then: at a particular time in the past or futu...: Learn more.