The meaning of THEN is at that time. How to use then in a sentence.

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 …

1. at that time: Prices were lower then. 2. immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again. 3. next in order of time or place: We ate, then we started home.

at that time: Prices were lower then. immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again. next in order of time or place: We ate, then we started home. in those …

THEN definition: at that time. See examples of then used in a sentence.

6 days ago · He had met his then girlfriend when he had just started university. The relationship ended unhappily when the girlfriend complained that he never wanted to go out.

'Then' helps specify the succession of events, clarifying when something occurs in relation to another. It sometimes appears in phrases indicating change, such as 'back then,' which refers …

Then is a word that puts things in order by time, or refers to a moment in time: you get up; then you have breakfast. You're married now; back then, you were single.

You use then to introduce the second part of a sentence which begins with 'if'. The first part of the sentence describes a possible situation, and then introduces the result of the situation.

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