than

than

englanti

  1. (vertailukonjunktio) kuin (käytetään komparatiivin kanssa)

Esimerkkejä than sanan käytöstä:

This is smaller 'than' that. Tämä on pienempi 'kuin' tuo.

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englanti

kuin puhekieltä because Because; for.
1854, Reformation series:

If thou say yes, then puttest thou on Christ (that is, the wisdome of God, the Father) unkunning, unpower, or euil will: for than he could not make his rule so good as an other did his.
1668, William Lawson, A way to get wealth:
You shall also take the fine earth or mould which is found in the hollow of old Willow trees, rising from the root almost to the middle of the Tree, at least so far as the tree is hollow, for than this, there is no earth or mould finer or richer.
1665, Stillingfleet, Laud, Carwell, A rational account of the grounds of Protestant religion:
Answer me if you can, any other way, than because the Scriptures, which are infallible, Say so.
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(ux)

introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.

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