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Definitions

Adverb
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1.At that time; then.
- I love you more than you love me.
- I would rather stay home than go out.
- Your car is more expensive than mine.

Conjunction
A word that links words, phrases, or clauses.

1.Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
- Answer me if you can, any other way, than because the Scriptures, which are infallible, Say so.
- City dwellers have a higher cancer rate than do countrymen. Apparently, they drink more than is good for 'em.
- The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year.

Preposition
A word placed before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show its relationship to another part of the sentence.

1.Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
- No player is more skillful than Greg.
- Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.

Frequency

Overall

Very common· #80

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Common
General reading & writing: Very common
Academic: Uncommon
Literature: Uncommon

Related words

Word family

thanks

Etymology

From Middle English than, thanne (“than; then”), from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then; when; than”), from Proto-West Germanic *þannē, an alteration of *þan (“then; than”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then; than”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“that”, demonstrative pronoun).

AdverbAdverb×A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

ConjConjunction×A word that links words, phrases, or clauses.

PrepPreposition×A word placed before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show its relationship to another part of the sentence.