Meaning Of The Word Than

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than
preposition: You use than after a comparative adjective or adverb in order to link two parts of a comparison.

than in American English
introducing the second element in a comparison, following an adjective or adverb in the comparative degree
conjunction: (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison)
preposition: in relation to; by comparison with

than in British English
used to introduce the second element of a comparison, the first element of which expresses difference

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