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== English == === Alternative forms === den (African-American Vernacular, Bermuda) === Etymology === From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ðɛn/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ðen/ Rhymes: -ɛn === Adverb === then (not comparable) (temporal location) At that time. (temporal location) Soon afterward. (sequence) Next in order of place. In addition; also; besides. (conjunctive) In that case. (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand. (UK, dialect, affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion. ==== Synonyms ==== (at that time): at the time, back in the day (soon afterward): and then, and so, subsequently, so (next in order): and then, followed by; see also Thesaurus:then (in that case): accordingly, as a result; see also Thesaurus:therefore (at the same time): concurrently, therewhile; see also Thesaurus:simultaneously (contradiction): ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (next in order): if === Adjective === then (not comparable) Being so at that time. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === then That time. ==== Translations ==== === Conjunction === then Obsolete spelling of than. Misspelling of than. === Derived terms === === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “then”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. “then”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Neth, Neth., ethn-, hent == Swedish == === Pronoun === then obsolete spelling of den == Vietnamese == === Etymology === Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 栓 (SV: thuyên). The obsolete form thoen is attested in some texts. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰɛn˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɛŋ˧˧] === Noun === (classifier cái) then • (杄, 扦, 栓) bar, peg (used for locking a door) latch ==== Derived terms ==== == Zou == === Noun === then maggot ==== References ==== http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf