"then" meaning in All languages combined

See then on Wiktionary

Preposition [English]

IPA: /ðɛn/ [US, UK], /ðen/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-then.ogg [US] Forms: then
Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. (At) that time or that moment.
    Sense id: simple-then-en-prep-dFYgzC6m
  2. after something else.
    Sense id: simple-then-en-prep-3gJxSnJ0
  3. In that case.
    Sense id: simple-then-en-prep-QkIe-wTK
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        {
          "text": "Then she was little. Now she is big."
        },
        {
          "text": "The then president did a lot of developmental activities."
        },
        {
          "text": "We will arrive before then."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm going to see you next month; by then you will have finished your thesis."
        },
        {
          "text": "Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary."
        }
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        "(At) that time or that moment."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "First, I cook the food; then I eat it, and then I wash the plates."
        }
      ],
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      "id": "simple-then-en-prep-3gJxSnJ0"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If she is happy, then I'm happy too."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In that case."
      ],
      "id": "simple-then-en-prep-QkIe-wTK"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ðɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/DEn/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðen/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-then.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "than"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "then"
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          "text": "Then she was little. Now she is big."
        },
        {
          "text": "The then president did a lot of developmental activities."
        },
        {
          "text": "We will arrive before then."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm going to see you next month; by then you will have finished your thesis."
        },
        {
          "text": "Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(At) that time or that moment."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "First, I cook the food; then I eat it, and then I wash the plates."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "after something else."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If she is happy, then I'm happy too."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In that case."
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ðɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/DEn/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðen/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-then.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "homophones": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "then"
}

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