Meaning & use
then
At that time in the past or future, or next in a sequence of events.
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We visited Rome first and then spent a week in Florence.
If it rains tomorrow, then the picnic will move indoors.
A note on using this word
"Then" also introduces the result in conditional sentences ("if... then"), a use distinct from its meaning of time or sequence.
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