Pronunciations (4)
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/ðæn/
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/ðɛn/
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/ðən/
Pronunciation notes
- unstressed
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[ðn̩]
Pronunciation notes
- unstressed
Conjunction
Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
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Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year.
Answer me if you can, any other way, than because the Scriptures, which are infallible, Say so.
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she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; We had no (other) choice than to return home; I love you more than (what) she does, but less than he, or than I do your sisters.
Profits were higher than forecast.
City dwellers have a higher cancer rate than do countrymen. Apparently, they drink more than is good for 'em.
A lot bigger than I ever believe could be possible.
Because; for.
Usage- dialectal
- Obsolete
- usually
- used with for
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If thou say yes, then puttest thou on Christ (that is, the wisdome of God, the Father) unkunning, unpower, or euil will: for than he could not make his rule so good as an other did his.
You shall also take the fine earth or mould which is found in the hollow of old Willow trees, rising from the root almost to the middle of the Tree, at least so far as the tree is hollow, for than this, there is no earth or mould finer or richer.
Preposition
Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
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Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.
No player is more skillful than Greg.
Adverb
At that time; then.
Usage- not-comparable