althoughconjunction
uk/ɔːlˈðəʊ/us/ɑːlˈðoʊ/B1 despite the fact that:
She walked home by herself, although she knew that it was dangerous.
He decided to go, although I begged him not to.
B1 but:
He's rather shy, although he's not as bad as he used to be.
She'll be coming tonight, although I don't know exactly when.
More examples
- Mysteriously, the light came on, although no one was near the switch.
- I have the greatest respect for his ideas, although I don't agree with them.
- They won the war, although it cost them millions of lives.
- In the final straight Meyers stumbled, and although he didn't fall it was enough to lose him first place.
- At 84 he's still quite active, although he walks with the aid of a stick.
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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