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then

then

∞ 1.0
To show a result after something happens
  • adverb
  • /ðɛn/
: entonces
  • If passed by the House, the bill then travels to the Senate for further consideration.
  • then start
  • then go
  • then come

If you can solve this, then you can solve that.

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Examples

  • If you can solve this, then you can solve that.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • You had those three months and then he left and that was it.

  • Stick that on there and then cut around it.

  • And so I did that and then here I am.

  • I was so sure and then I was not.

  • Thursday for two points, then Sunday for three points.

  • Please join us again, then goodbye for now.

    Human Rights Watch

  • And if you want to go, then please tell me.

  • If a child believes he or she can do well, then success will follow.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I will finish my homework, and then I can watch TV.

Synonyms

next
vsthen
∞ 1.0

Immediately after that

also introduces a result or consequence, not only immediate timing
and so
vsthen
∞ 1.0

To show that one thing happens because of another

is the single word form used widely in both speech and writing
afterward
vsthen
  • US
204 1.1

At a later time

can introduce the next action or result, not only delayed timing
subsequently
vsthen
  • Formal
113 4.8

After something else happens

can introduce an immediate result or next action, not only later order
whereupon
vsthen
  • Formal
11 6.3

Right after that, something happens as a result

can be used for result or any next step that is not immediate

Idioms

now and then
  • Informal
285 1.0

Happens sometimes but not very often

every now and then
137 2.0

Sometimes, not very often

just then
52 1.7

At the exact moment something happens

then again
  • Informal
46 3.2

To show a different idea or possibility

then and there
  • Informal
45 3.2

Do something immediately at that moment

and then some
  • Informal
30 5.2

More than expected or mentioned

go on then
  • UK
6 7.7

To tell someone to start or continue after they hesitate

Surface Forms

then positive

Etymology

Then grew from the same idea of 'that time' and came to show a result or what happens next. So when you say 'If X, then Y', then links the condition to its result.