though
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English thagh, thaugh, from Old English þēah, later superseded in many dialects by Middle English thogh, though, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó), both from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-. Akin to Old Frisian þāh "though", Old Saxon þōh "though" (Dutch doch), Old High German dōh "though, but, yet, nevertheless" (German doch). More at that.
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[edit] Adverb
though (not comparable)
- (conjunctive) Despite that; however.
- I will do it, though.
- (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
- "Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?"
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- (despite that): all the same, anyhow, anyway, even so, in any case, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yet
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however
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[edit] Conjunction
though
- Despite the fact that; although.
- Though it’s risky, it’s worth taking the chance.
- (archaic) If, that, even if.
- We be not sorry though the man dies tonight.
- 1945, Oscar Hammerstein II, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (song), in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel (musical),
- Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
[edit] Usage notes
- (if): This sense is now archaic, except in the fixed expression as though.
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- (although): although, even though
[edit] Translations
although
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Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English adverbs
- English conjunctions
- English archaic terms
- English conjunctive adverbs
- English degree adverbs
