Meaning

2 senses
  1. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

    The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year.

    Profits were higher than forecast.

  2. (dialectal, obsolete, usually)Because; for.

Examples

21179 sentences
  1. It's more difficult than you think.

    Це важче, ніж ти думаєш.

    ruЭто труднее, чем ты думаешь.

    deEs ist schwieriger, als du glaubst.

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  2. Your bike is better than mine.

    Твій велосипед кращий за мій.

    ruТвой велик лучше моего.

    deDein Fahrrad ist besser als meins.

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  3. Your plan seems better than mine.

    Твій план здається кращим за мій.

    ruТвой план выглядит лучше моего.

    deIhr Plan scheint besser als meiner zu sein.

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  4. Your pen is better than mine.

    Твоя ручка краща, ніж моя.

    ruТвоя ручка лучше моей.

    deDein Stift ist besser als meiner.

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  5. Soccer is more popular than baseball.

    Футбол популярніший за бейcбол.

    ruФутбол популярнее бейсбола.

    deFußball ist beliebter als Baseball.

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Origin

From Middle English than, thanne (“than; then”), from Old English þanne, a variant of þonn

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).

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