Than Meaning and Definition
What is the definition Than? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Example sentences, Synonyms, Derivations, Words ending with Than, Antonyms, Words starting with Than, Related sentences, How to pronounce and more...
Word: Than
How to pronounce: ðæn
Conjunction
Definitions:
1. Used to introduce the second element in a comparison.
Example sentences: "They go out less than they did when they first moved to Paris"
2. Used in expressions introducing an exception or contrast.
Example sentences: "They observe rather than act"
3. Used in expressions indicating one thing happening immediately after another.
Example sentences: "Scarcely was the work completed than it was abandoned"
Preposition
Definitions:
1. Introducing the second element in a comparison.
Example sentences: "He was much smaller than his son"
2. Apart from; except.
Synonyms:
apart
in addition
besides
in addition to
except for
Keep in Mind
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Than in Other Languages...
Spanish: Que
German: Als
French: Que
Italian:
Turkish: Daha