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 $x$, $y$" or "$y$ though $x$", $y$ to add that $x$ is surprising, contrasting, or unimportant.

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

   • Synonym: although

   She did not hear him though he talked very loudly.

   There was a real, though small, problem.

Adverb

Positive though

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. You use "though" to show that one sentence clause is surprising, contrasting, or unimportant, compared to something else.

   That's sound great. It's difficult though.

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

Related words

• although