though

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ðəʊ/, SAMPA: /D@U/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ðoʊ/, SAMPA: /DoU/

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Preposition

Preposition though

1. You use though to introduce a fact which you regard as less important than the fact in the main clause.
   • Synonym: although

   Though he talked very loudly, she did not hear him.

   She did not hear him, though he talked very loudly.

   There was a real, though small, problem.

2. You use though to add a fact or an opinion that makes the previous statement less strong or less important.

   Our team lost. It was a good game though.

   He went to school in Paris. His French, though, isn’t very good.

Related words

• notwithstanding