than
45 ENTRIES FOUND:
- than (conjunction)
- than (preposition)
- holier–than–thou (adjective)
- lighter–than–air (adjective)
- anything (pronoun)
- barrel (noun)
- bite (verb)
- bite (noun)
- blood (noun)
- chew (verb)
- devil (noun)
- eye (noun)
- few (adjective)
- fun (noun)
- head (noun)
- heat (noun)
- know (verb)
- large (adjective)
- less (adjective)
- less (adverb)
- less (pronoun)
- life (noun)
- light (noun)
- little (adverb)
- loud (adjective)
- meet (verb)
- molasses (noun)
- monkey (noun)
- more (adverb)
- more (pronoun)
- none (pronoun)
- not (adverb)
- nothing (adverb)
- other (adjective)
- rather (adverb)
- say (verb)
- shake (verb)
- speak (verb)
- stick (noun)
- stomach (noun)
- string (noun)
- thick (adjective)
- water (noun)
- word (noun)
- worse (adjective)
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Learner's definition of THAN
1
— used to introduce the second or last of two or more things or people that are being compared — used with the comparative form of an adjective or adverb — see also other than at 1other, rather than at rather
- Ten is less than 20.
- She is younger than I am. = (somewhat formal) She is younger than I.
- He can run more quickly than his father (can).
- Both recipes use more salt than mine (does).
- The situation will improve sooner than you think (it will).
- The meeting will end no later than noon. [=it will end at noon or some time before noon]
- Losing weight is easier said than done. [=is difficult to do]
- I would rather go out to dinner than cook at home tonight.
- Your hair looks better (when it's) brown than (when it's) blond.
- She would rather/sooner work four jobs than move out of Manhattan to live somewhere cheaper.
2
— used to say that something happens immediately after something else
- Hardly/scarcely had the sun come up than dark clouds began to roll in.
- No sooner had I spoken than he appeared. [=he appeared immediately after I spoke]
2 than /ˈðæn/ /ðən/ preposition
2 than
/ˈðæn/ /ðən/
preposition
Learner's definition of THAN
: when compared to — used with pronouns in the objective case (me, her, him, them, and us) in the same way that the conjunction than is used with pronouns in the subjective case (I, she, he, they, and we)
- She is younger than me. [=she is younger than I (am)]
- I'm taller than him. [=I'm taller than he (is)]
Usage Some people consider the use of than as a preposition to be incorrect. It is very common, however, especially in the phrase than me.
none other than
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