Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.

    No player is more skillful than Greg.

    als

    чемčem, не́желиnéželi, не́жеnéže

    ніжniž, заza, відvid

Examples

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

    Це важче, ніж ти думаєш. — aandrusiak

    ruЭто труднее, чем ты думаешь. — shanghainese

    deEs ist schwieriger, als du glaubst. — MUIRIEL

  2. Your bike is better than mine.

    Твій велосипед кращий за мій. — deniko

    ruТвой велик лучше моего. — Mukaltin

    deDein Fahrrad ist besser als meins. — MUIRIEL

  3. Your plan seems better than mine.

    Твій план здається кращим за мій. — deniko

    ruТвой план выглядит лучше моего. — vilnat

    deIhr Plan scheint besser als meiner zu sein. — MUIRIEL

  4. Your pen is better than mine.

    Твоя ручка краща, ніж моя. — deniko

    ruТвоя ручка лучше моей. — afyodor

    deDein Stift ist besser als meiner. — Fingerhut

  5. Soccer is more popular than baseball.

    Футбол популярніший за бейcбол. — deniko

    ruФутбол популярнее бейсбола. — Hellerick

    deFußball ist beliebter als Baseball. — Espi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
Introduces a comparison:
Русский
By meaning 1
Introduces a comparison:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Introduces a comparison:

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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