التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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* (UK, US) IPA(key): /ðɛn/
* (Australia) IPA(key): /ðen/
* Homophone: than (unstressed, or for some speakers when stressed)
* Rhymes: -ɛn
التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
From Middle English _then(ne)_, _than(ne)_, from Old English _þonne_, _þanne_, _þænne_ (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic _*þan-_, _*þana-_ (“at that (time), then”), from Proto-Indo-European _*to-_ (“demonstrative pronoun”). Cognate with Dutch _dan_ (“then”), German _dann_ (“then”), Icelandic _þá_ (“then”). Related to than.
From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic *þan-, *þana- (“at that (time), then”), from
Proto-Indo-European *to- (“demonstrative pronoun”). Cognate with Dutch dan
(“then”), German dann (“then”), Icelandic
þá (“then”). Related to than.
التي في فئةENGLISH - ADVERB
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English - Adverb
THEN (_not comparable_)
* (temporal location) At that time.
_He was happy THEN._
* Bible, Genesis xii. 6
And the Canaanite was THEN in the land.
* (temporal location) Soon afterward.
_He fixed it, THEN left._
_Turn left, THEN right, THEN right again, THEN keep going until you reach the service station._
* Bible, Matthew v. 24
First be reconciled to thy brother, and THEN come and offer thy gift.
* (sequence) Next in order; in addition.
_There are three green ones, THEN a blue one._
* (conjunctive) In that case.
_If it’s locked, THEN we’ll need the key._
_Is it 12 o'clock already? THEN it's time for me to leave._
_You don't like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, THEN?_
* (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
_That’s a nice shirt, but THEN, so is the other one._
* (obsolete) At the time that; when.
* 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, _Le Morte d'Arthur_, Book I.23, reprinted 1817, Sir Thomas Malory, William Caxton, _Morte d'Arthur: The Byrth, Lyf, and Actes of Kyng Arthur_, Volume 1, page 37:
THAN the knyght sawe hym lye soo on the ground, he alyght and was passynge heuy, for he wende he had slayne hym […].
* (UK, dialect, affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion.
* 2001, Eric Malpass, _At the Height of the Moon_, page 28,
‘She says Indian elephants are tidgy little things.’ ¶ ‘They′re not THEN.’ Emma was getting heated. ‘They′re –’ ¶ ‘Emma!’ said Jenny sharply. The child subsided.
SYNONYMS
* (soon afterward): and then, and so, subsequently, so
* (next in order): and then
TRANSLATIONS
then (not comparable)
-
(temporal location) At that time.
-
He was happy then.
-
(temporal location) Soon afterward.
-
He fixed it, then left.
-
Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
-
(sequence) Next in order; in addition.
-
There are three green ones, then a blue one.
-
(conjunctive) In that case.
-
If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
-
Is it 12 o'clock already? Then it's time for me to leave.
-
You don't like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?
-
(sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
-
That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
-
(obsolete) At the time that; when.
-
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book I.23, reprinted 1817, Sir Thomas Malory, William Caxton, Morte d'Arthur: The Byrth, Lyf, and Actes of Kyng Arthur, Volume 1, page 37:
-
Than the knyght sawe hym lye soo on the ground, he alyght and was passynge heuy, for he wende he had slayne hym […].
-
(UK, dialect, affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion.
التي في فئةENGLISH - ADJECTIVE
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English - Adjective
THEN (_not comparable_)
* being so at that time
TRANSLATIONS
SEE ALSO
* by then
* just then
* now and then
* there and then
* until then
then (not comparable)
-
being so at that time
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* hent
التي في فئةENGLISH - REFERENCES
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* _Oxford English Dictionary_, Second Edition, 1989