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.
English language
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than::conjunction | Spocien Dictionary
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I would rather suffer than that you should want.
Examples of than
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In some cases, the supply is being used faster than reserves can be replenished.
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To date, the fish fry has raised more than $300,000 for nonprofit organizations.
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In the last five games, he has piled up 29 turnovers, just less than 6 per game.
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Look no further than New Year's Day turnip greens and a dish of black-eyed peas.
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The bag is 23 inches deep and will hold more than five gallons of garden debris.
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Deprived of a full-time staff, Castle is driving himself around more than usual.
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More than 42,000 people are currently working as part of the response operation.
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Lt. Mike Conforti describes a day less than a month ago when his convoy was hit.
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Egypt was the first Arab nation to recognize Israel more than three decades ago.
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- Than is a grammatical particle analyzed as both a conjunction and a preposition in the English language. It introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives and with words such as , , and . Typically, it measures the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
- (Thans) Sailors and soldiers are known as thans, which I have always translated as warriors.
- 1,000 men. (Possibly 10 dars per odwar command?)
- The chief of the Axirs before Larl, and the father of Kel.
- Nickname for Taylor.
