Then /(thĕn)/

Then

adv.
  1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).
    And the Canaanite was then in the land.
    — Gen. xii. 6.
    Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
    — 1 Cor. xiii. 12.
  2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
    First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
    — Matt. v. 24.
  3. At another time; later; again.
    One while the master is not aware of what is done, and then in other cases it may fall out to be own act.
    But that opinion, I trust, by then this following argument hath been well read, will be left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent Antichrist.

Phrases & Compounds

By then
By that time.
Now and then
See under Now, adv.
Till then
until that time; until the time mentioned.

Then

conj.
  1. Than. [Obs.]
  2. In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.
    If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom.
    Now, then, be all thy weighty cares away.