preposition, conjunction
1 used to introduce the second part of a comparison:
I'm older than her. * There was more whisky in it than soda. * He loves me more than you do. * It was much better than I'd expected. * You should know better than to behave like that. * I'd rather e-mail than phone, if that's OK by you.
2 more / less / fewer, etc. ~ used for comparing amounts, numbers, distances, etc:
It never takes more than an hour. * It's less than a mile to the beach. * There were fewer than twenty people there.
3 used in expressions showing that one thing happens straight after another:
No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on the door. * Hardly had we arrived than the problems started.
IDIOMS see OTHERadj.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for than is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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