See than in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "-dalay"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "-daldi"
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{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"note": "ablative case",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison"
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{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"note": "dative case + ҡарағанда (qarağanda)",
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{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "čym",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "be",
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"code": "be",
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"code": "be",
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{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ceẏe",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "চেয়ে"
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"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ot",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "htak",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ထက်"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "que"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐ",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "比"
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{
"code": "cim",
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "dan"
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{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ages"
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{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "než"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "dan"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ol"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "kui"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "enn"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "kuin"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "que"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ca"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ca non"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "que"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "vidre",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ვიდრე"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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},
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"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "𐌸𐌰𐌿"
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "hi",
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"word": "की अपेक्षा"
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "-nál"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "is",
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"note": "(dative case of noun)",
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "daripada"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ná"
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{
"code": "sga",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ol"
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{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"note": "(dative case of noun)",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "di"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "che"
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{
"code": "ja",
"english": "...yori",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "...より"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ğa qarağanda",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ға қарағанда"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "görı",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "гөрі"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cieŋ",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ជាង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "...boda",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "...보다"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ji"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "-ga karaganda",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "-га караганда"
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{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "-dan körö",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "-дан көрө"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kuā",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ກ່ວາ"
},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "la",
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "nekā"
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "mk",
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "daripada"
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{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "na"
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{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "go"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "enn"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "enn"
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{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "neželi",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "cu",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"Russian"
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"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
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{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "čěmŭ",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "чѣмъ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "از"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "niż"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "aniżeli"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "que"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "do que"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ca"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čem",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "чем"
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"code": "ru",
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"note": "(genitive case of noun)",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sco",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "na"
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "que"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "än"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "kaysa"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "sa"
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"code": "tg",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
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{
"code": "te",
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"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "కంటె"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gwàa",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "กว่า"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "las",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "ལས"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "göre"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "tk",
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "uz",
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "Introduces a comparison",
"word": "nisbatan"
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"code": "uz",
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"code": "vec",
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"code": "yi",
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"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*þan",
"4": "",
"5": "at that, at that time, then"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that, at that time, then”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*tóm"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tóm",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dan",
"3": "",
"4": "than"
},
"expansion": "Dutch dan (“than”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "denn",
"3": "",
"4": "than"
},
"expansion": "German denn (“than”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "dann",
"3": "",
"4": "then"
},
"expansion": "German dann (“then”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English than, thanne, from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then, since, because”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that, at that time, then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”).\nCognate with Dutch dan (“than”), German denn (“than”), German dann (“then”). Doublet of then.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "than (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English dialectal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"At that time; then."
],
"links": [
[
"then",
"then"
]
],
"qualifier": "now chiefly dialectal or a misspelling",
"raw_glosses": [
"(now chiefly dialectal or a misspelling) At that time; then."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "thăn",
"note": "stressed form"
},
{
"enpr": "thĕn",
"note": "stressed form"
},
{
"ipa": "/ðæn/",
"note": "stressed form"
},
{
"ipa": "/ðɛn/",
"note": "stressed form"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-than.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-us-than.ogg/En-us-than.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-us-than.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛn"
},
{
"enpr": "thən",
"tags": [
"unstressed"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ðən/",
"tags": [
"unstressed"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ðn̩]",
"tags": [
"unstressed"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-than-unstressed.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/En-us-than-unstressed.ogg/En-us-than-unstressed.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/En-us-than-unstressed.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "then (unstressed form, also for some speakers stressed form)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"nonstandard"
],
"word": "'n"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "thanne"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "then"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"than"
],
"word": "than"
}
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