then : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
  then; and so; so.
  
  • then he left
  • go left first, then right
  • first came lightning, then thunder
  • we watched the late movie and then went to bed
  • and so home and to bed

WordNet

• adverb and considerably more in addition
  
  • it cost me a week's salary and then some

WordNet

• adverb (contrastive) from another point of view
  on the other hand; but then.
  
  • on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good
  • then again, she might not go

WordNet

• . (a) By that time. (b) By the time that. Obs.

Webster 1913

• adverb occasionally
  every so often.
  
  • every so often she visits her father

WordNet

• at short intervals; occasionally; repeatedly; frequently. Colloq.

Webster 1913

• adverb at a particular time in the past
  
  • just then the bugle sounded

WordNet

• adverb now and then or here and there
  on occasion; once in a while; now and again; occasionally; at times; from time to time.
  
  • he was arrogant and occasionally callous
  • open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees
  • they visit New York on occasion
  • now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us
  • as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention

WordNet

• at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. "A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood." Drayton.

Webster 1913

• thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is.

Webster 1913

• adverb (contrastive) from another point of view
  on the other hand; but then.
  
  • on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good
  • then again, she might not go

WordNet

• until that time; until the time mentioned. Milton.
• to that time.

Webster 1913