RATHER THAN

Meaning of RATHER THAN in English

instead of sb/sth :

I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.

Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

RATHER THAN — I. conjunction Date: 14th century 1. — used with the infinitive form of a verb to indicate negation as a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RATHER THAN — and not (e.g.: "The legs of the table are glued to the body, rather than screwed onto it.")
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RATHER THAN — instead of
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RATHER THAN — I. conjunction Date: 14th century 1. — used with the infinitive form of a verb to indicate negation as a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RATHER THAN — Function: preposition Date: 1595 : INSTEAD OF < rather than being pleased, she was angry>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RATHER THAN — Function: conjunction Date: 14th century 1 ― used with the infinitive form of a verb to indicate negation as a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RATHER THAN — [rather than] conj (14c): and not "obscures rather than resolves the problem" "why do one thing rather than another?"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RATHER THAN — see rather
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RATHER THAN — see rather
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RATHER THAN — See ↑ INSTEAD 1
Longman Activator English vocab
RATHER THAN — а не
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RATHER THAN — Скорее
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RATHER THAN — Раньше
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RATHER THAN — Прежде
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RATHER THAN — Вместо
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RATHER THAN — скорее чем, а не
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RATHER THAN — скорее чем, а не
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RATHER THAN — скорее чем, а не
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RATHER THAN — скорее чем, а не
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
RATHER THAN — скорее чем.., более чем…
Computer English-Russian dictionary
RATHER THAN — а не
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THAN — I. thən, then, (|)than, rapid sometimes ən or ə n ( after t, d, s, or z) or n ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RATHER — I. ˈrathə(r), ÷ˈrəth- also ˈräth- or ˈreth- or ˈrȧth- adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrathor, comp. of hrathe, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THAN — (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, …
Английский словарь Webster
RATHER — (a.) In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp.
Английский словарь Webster
THAN — ( conj. ) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RATHER — ( a. ) In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THAN — /dhan, dhen/ ; unstressed /dheuhn, euhn/ , conj. 1. (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RATHER — adv. /radh"euhr, rah"dheuhr/ ; interj. /radh"err", rah"dherr"/ , adv. 1. in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THAN — I. thən, ˈthan conjunction Etymology: Middle English than, then then, than — more at then Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RATHER — ˈre-; interjectionally ˈra-ˈthər, ˈrä-, ˈrə- adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrathor, comparative of hrathe quickly; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THAN — adv then. ·see then. 2. than ·conj a particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison …
Webster English vocab
RATHER — adj prior; earlier; former. 2. rather ·adj earlier; sooner; before. 3. rather ·adj more readily or willingly; preferably. 4. rather …
Webster English vocab
THAN — [than] conj [ME than, then then, than--more at then] (bef. 12c) 1 a--used as a function word to indicate the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THAN — / ðən; NAmE ; rare strong form ðæn/ preposition , conjunction 1. used to introduce the second part of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RATHER — / ˈrɑːðə(r); NAmE ˈræðər/ adverb , exclamation ■ adverb 1. used to mean 'fairly' or 'to some degree', often when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAN — than S1 W1 /ð ə n; strong ðæn/ BrE AmE conjunction , preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thanne …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RATHER — ra ‧ ther S1 W1 /ˈrɑːðə $ ˈræðər/ BrE AmE predeterminer , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hrathor …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THAN — conj. 1 introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RATHER — adv. 1 (often foll. by than) by preference; for choice (would rather not go; would rather stay than go). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THAN — conj. 1 introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RATHER — adv. 1 (often foll. by than) by preference; for choice (would rather not go; would rather stay than go). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THAN — conj. 1. introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Oxford English vocab
RATHER — adv.1 (often foll. by than) by preference; for choice (would rather not go; would rather stay than go). 2 (usu. …
Oxford English vocab
THAN — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use than after a comparative …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RATHER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use rather than when you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RATHER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ than when you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THAN — conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be bigger/smaller/worse etc than you had imagined ▪ The job interview proved to be much …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RATHER — predeterminer COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (far/rather/a little) too much ▪ There was too much work for one person. ▪ It …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THAN — preposition, [conjunction] - used to join two parts of a comparisonMy son is taller than my daughter.Susannah's car is bigger …
Cambridge English vocab
RATHER — (MORE EXACTLY) [adverb] - more accurately; more exactlyShe'll go to London on Thursday, or rather, she will if she has …
Cambridge English vocab
RATHER — Synonyms and related words : OK, Roger, a bit, a little, a rebours, absolutely, acceptably, adequately, after all, again, against …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THAN — See: LESS THAN, LESS THAN NO TIME, MORE THAN.
Slang English vocab
RATHER — adv. Rather is used with these adjectives: ↑ absurd , ↑ abusive , ↑ academic , ↑ afraid , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RATHER — See ↑ FAIRLY/QUITE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ I'd rather die • ↑ I'd rather not • ↑ would rather do …
Longman Activator English vocab
RATHER — adv. 25B6; adverb I'd rather you went : SOONER, by preference, preferably, by choice. it's rather complicated : QUITE, a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RATHER — adv. 1 quite, very, somewhat, fairly, moderately, to a certain extent or degree or measure, to some extent or degree …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THAN — See: LESS THAN, LESS THAN NO TIME, MORE THAN.
Словарь английских идиом
RATHER — predeterminer 1 DUBIOUS : The bed was rather comfortable. GOOD : The bed was quite comfortable. DUBIOUS : The weather …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
THAN — (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) союз чем He is taller than you are. ≈ Он выше вас. I'd rather stay than …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RATHER — нареч. 1) лучше, охотнее, предпочтительнее She would rather play tennis than watch TV. ≈ Она лучше будет играть в теннис, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THAN — than.ogg ðæn,ðən cj 1. после сравнительной степени прилагательных и наречий вводит второй элемент сравнения чем; передаётся тж. род. падежом I …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RATHER — rather.ogg ʹrɑ:ðə adv 1. ( обыкн. rather than) 1> лучше, скорее; охотнее, предпочтительнее anything rather than ... - что угодно, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THAN — нежели a is less than b — a меньше b a is numerically less than b — a численно меньше b greater than …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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