Definizione monolingua

then

then (uncountable)

1. that time

   It will be finished before then.

then (not comparable)

1. being so at that time

then (not comparable)

1. (temporal location) At that time.

   He was happy then.

2. (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.

3. (sequence) Next in order; in addition.

   There are three green ones, then a blue one.

4. (conjunctive) In that case.

   If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.

   Is it 12 oclock already? Then its time for me to leave.

   You dont like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?

5. (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.

   That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.

6. (obsolete) At the time that; when.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.23, reprinted 1817, Sir Thomas Malory, William Caxton, Morte Darthur: 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 [...].

7. (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.

then

1. Obsolete spelling of than.

Definizione dizionario then

	allora
	at that time
	in that case
	In un determinato momento del passato.
	At a given time in the past.

dopo

	poi
	soon afterward

	all'epoca
	In un determinato momento del passato.
	At a given time in the past.

	allo stesso tempo
	at the same time; on the other hand

	dunque
	[A word that expresses that something is or should be the consequence of something else].

adesso

ancora

beh

conseguentemente

così

da allora

in

in quel caso

in questo modo

perché

perciò

pertanto

quindi

Altri significati:

that time

(temporal location) at that time

(obsolete) At the time that; when.

(sequence) next in order; in addition.

Obsolete spelling of than.

(conjunctive) in that case.

being so at that time

(temporal location) soon afterward.

next in order

(sequence) at the same time; on the other hand.