transcription, транскрипция: [ ðən, STRONG ðæn ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use than after a comparative adjective or adverb in order to link two parts of a comparison.
The radio only weighs a few ounces and is smaller than a cigarette packet...
Indian skins age far more slowly than American or Italian ones.
PREP : compar PREP group
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Than is also a conjunction.
He wished he could have helped her more than he did...
Sometimes patients are more depressed six months later than when they first hear the bad news.
CONJ : compar CONJ cl
2.
You use than when you are stating a number, quantity, or value approximately by saying that it is above or below another number, quantity, or value.
They talked on the phone for more than an hour.
...the three-match Test series in England, starting in less than two months time...
PREP : more/less PREP n
3.
You use than in order to link two parts of a contrast, for example in order to state a preference.
The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations...
CONJ
4.
less than: see less
more than: see more
more often than not: see often
other than: see other
rather than: see rather