Definition of than

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Than (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that y

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Subseptuple :: Subsensible (a.) Deeper than the reach of the senses.
Malacostraca :: Malacostraca (n. pl.) A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca..
Thankworthy :: Thankworthy (a.) Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.
Thaneship :: Thaneship (n.) The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane..
Polyspermy :: Polyspermy (n.) Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one spermatozoon into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum..
Farther :: Farther (superl.) More remote; more distant than something else.
Common :: Common (v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property..
Colored :: Colored (a.) Of some other color than green.
Survival :: Survival (n.) A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving..
Great :: Great (superl.) More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain..
Underdose :: Underdose (n.) A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficient dose.
Exceeding :: Exceeding (a.) More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless.
Ice :: Ice (n.) Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4ยก C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats..
Seven :: Seven (a.) One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week..
Elizabethan :: Elizabethan (a.) Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature..
Beyond :: Beyond (prep.) In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind..
Parasang :: Parasang (n.) A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles..
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By :: By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc..
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