Definitions
Used in comparisons
Word origin
From Middle English than, thanne (“than; then”), from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then; when; than”), from Proto-West Germanic *þannē, an alteration of *þan (“then; than”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then; than”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“that”, demonstrative pronoun).
Used in a sentence
“Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.”
“The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year.”
“Answer me if you can, any other way, than because the Scriptures, which are infallible, Say so.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Comparison marker”4 letters
02“In comparison with”4 letters
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