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
