thanpreposition, conjunction
ukstrong /ðæn/weak /ðən/usstrong /ðæn/weak /ðən/A1 used to join two parts of a comparison:
My son is a lot taller than my daughter.
You always walk faster than I do!
You're earlier than usual.
A2 used with "more" or "less" to compare numbers or amounts:
I spent more than I intended to.
It cost less than I expected.
More examples
- Ben knows much more about movies than I do.
- I've always believed that happiness counts more than money.
- Do you think Australia is a more democratic country than Britain?
- It was farther to the shops than I expected.
- The fast train to London takes less than an hour.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- again
- any way you slice it idiom
- at any rate idiom
- at least idiom
- best
- but
- disjunctive
- given
- hand
- however
- least
- might
- never
- nevertheless
- no thanks to sb idiom
- rate
- seeing (that)
- slice
- tooth
- when
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