than
US /ðæn/
conjunction, preposition Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
the quality, condition, or instance of than
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
This model is cheaper than the one we bought last year.
Collocations
- Easy bigger thandescribing bigger than (large or big relative to something else)
- Medium higher than expected quarterly earningsdescribing higher than expected quarterly earnings (advanced in complexity or elaboration)
- Hard more apparent than real economic recoverydescribing more apparent than real economic recovery (English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state)
- Very Hard more sinned against than sinning in corporate falloutsdescribing more sinned against than sinning in corporate fallouts (English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state)
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