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"I would rather suffer than that you should want"conjunctionA 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.
Definition that contains than
- know have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- there a location other than here; that place
- down lower than previously
- two being one more than one
- day the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- great relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
- better (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- better more than half
- new other than the former one(s); different
- than 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.