THAN
\ðˈɐn], \ðˈɐn], \ð_ˈɐ_n]\
Definitions of THAN
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Expressing comparison with greater or less.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A joining particle used after the comparative degree, and followed by the object compared; also used after such words as other, otherwise.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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conj. [Anglo-Saxon, German] A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity. 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 may then be considered as a preposition.
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