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{
"term": "then",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to refer to a particular time in the past or future",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Life was harder then because neither of us had a job."
},
{
"text": "Things were very different **back then**."
},
{
"text": "She grew up in Zimbabwe, or Rhodesia as it then was."
},
{
"text": "I saw them at Christmas but haven't heard a thing **since then**."
},
{
"text": "I've been invited too, so I'll see you then."
},
{
"text": "There's a room free in Bob's house next week but you can stay with us **until then**."
},
{
"text": "Call again next week. They should have reached a decision **by then**."
},
{
"text": "**Just then** *(= at that moment)* there was a knock at the door."
},
{
"text": "She left in 1984 and **from then on** he lived alone."
},
{
"text": "I took one look at the car and offered to buy it **there and then/then and there** *(= immediately)*."
},
{
"text": "Her voice sounded raspy, and it was then that she realized how thirsty she was."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to introduce the next item in a series of actions, events, instructions, etc.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He ate a cookie, then another and then another."
},
{
"text": "First cook the onions, then add the mushrooms."
},
{
"text": "We lived in France and then Italy before coming back to England."
},
{
"text": "I took a week's vacation, then went back to Ohio."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to show the logical result of a particular statement or situation",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "If you miss that train then you'll have to get a taxi."
},
{
"text": "‘My wife's got a job in Glasgow.’ ‘I take it you'll be moving, then.’"
},
{
"text": "‘You haven't done anything to upset me.’ ‘So what's wrong, then?’"
},
{
"text": "Why don't you hire a car? Then you'll be able to visit more of the area."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to introduce additional information",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's been very busy at work **and then** there was all that trouble with her son."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used to introduce a summary of something that has just been said",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These, then, are the main areas of concern."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "used to show the beginning or end of a conversation, statement, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Right then, where do you want the table to go?"
},
{
"text": "‘I really have to go.’ ‘OK. Bye, then.’"
},
{
"text": "OK then, I think we've just about covered everything on the agenda."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize the large amount or number of something, and to say that you have not mentioned everything",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Thai restaurants… and then some!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to introduce additional information or information that contrasts with something that has just been said",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was early, but then again, she always is."
},
{
"text": "‘So you might accept their offer?’ ‘Yes, then again I might not.’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "from time to time; occasionally",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Every now and then she checked to see if he was still asleep."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to show in a mild way that you do not approve of something",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used when making a suggestion or an offer",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Now then, who wants to come for a walk?"
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ðen/",
"audio": "th/then/then__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ðen/",
"audio": "th/then/then__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English thænne, thanne, thonne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dan and German dann, also to that and the."
}