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 Definitions of Than  [ðæn, ðɛn; unstressed ðən, ən]  

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Definition of 'Than' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (conj.) than
(used after comparative adjectives and adverbs and certain other words, such as other, otherwise, else, etc., to introduce the second member of a comparison):
She's taller than I am.

2.  than
(used after some adverbs and adjectives expressing choice or diversity, such as other, otherwise, else, anywhere, different, etc., to introduce an alternative or denote a difference in kind, place, style, identity, etc.):
I had no choice other than that.

3.  than
when:
We barely arrived than it was time to leave.

4. (prep.) than
in relation to; by comparison with:
He is taller than his father.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME, OE than(ne) than, then, when, orig. var. of thonnethen)

Definition of 'Than' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (preposition) than
indicates a comparison
I'm much shorter than my sister.; It takes more than twenty minutes to walk there.; I speak better Spanish than you (do).


Definition of 'Than' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adverb) Than
then. See Then

2.  Than
a particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want


Translation of 'Than' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a word used in comparisons
It is easier than I thought; I sing better than he does; He sings better than me.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: as Arabic flag Arabic: أكْثَر مِن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отколкото
Brazilian flag Brazilian: do que Czech flag Czech: než German flag German: als
Danish flag Danish: end Greek flag Greek: από, παρά, σε σύγκριση με Spanish flag Spanish: que; de lo que
Estonian flag Estonian: kui Farsi flag Farsi: از Finnish flag Finnish: kuin
French flag French: que Hebrew flag Hebrew: מֵאֲשֶר- Hindi flag Hindi: से
Croatian flag Croatian: nego, negoli Hungarian flag Hungarian: mint Indonesian flag Indonesian: daripada
Icelandic flag Icelandic: heldur en, en Italian flag Italian: che; di Japanese flag Japanese: ~より
Korean flag Korean: (~)보다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nei, negu Latvian flag Latvian: nekā; par
Malay flag Malay: daripada Dutch flag Dutch: dan Norwegian flag Norwegian: enn
Polish flag Polish: niż, aniżeli Portuguese flag Portuguese: do que Romanian flag Romanian: decât
Russian flag Russian: чем Slovak flag Slovak: ako Slovenian flag Slovenian: kot
Serbian flag Serbian: od Swedish flag Swedish: än Thai flag Thai: กว่า (ใช้ในการเปรียบเทียบ
Turkish flag Turkish: ...-den/dan Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ніж, від
Urdu flag Urdu: تقابل کے ليے استعمال ہونے Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hơn Chinese flag Chinese: 

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