Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- conjunction Regardless of the fact that; even though.
- conjunction But; however.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Admitting that; in spite of the fact that; notwithstanding (that); though.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- conjunction Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- conjunction
Though ,even though ,in spite of the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession. - conjunction
But ,except .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Reasons for reading: the title although I confess I thought it was "Militant Housewives" until the end of the book; mystery for the Triple 8 Challenge; Michael Bond created Paddington Bear!
Archive 2008-08-01 tinylittlelibrarian 2008
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Last year she had the misfortune to be in the path of Venus Williams' rampage to the title although she did play a stirring match against Nicole Vaidisova in the quarterfinal the round before her thumping loss to Venus.
WIMBLEDON 2008: Women's Top 10 Preview Ron Buckmire 2008
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Frank calls him Jedgar sometimes and the Director likes the name although he never lets on—it is medieval and princely and wily-dark.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Reasons for reading: the title although I confess I thought it was "Militant Housewives" until the end of the book; mystery for the Triple 8 Challenge; Michael Bond created Paddington Bear!
Review: Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives tinylittlelibrarian 2008
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And while the film is more butterfly effect the the miscommunication implied by the title although that is there to a lesser degree, things comes together in a quite sophisticated way – a sharp and edgy blend of melodrama and pathos that dwarfs attempts at such by several other filmmakers and or compilation projects.
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Frank calls him Jedgar sometimes and the Director likes the name although he never lets on—it is medieval and princely and wily-dark.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Frank calls him Jedgar sometimes and the Director likes the name although he never lets on—it is medieval and princely and wily-dark.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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As you say his ability to evoke a mood and create wonderful out of the ordinary page layouts coupled with superb detailed art makes him THE best artist associated with the title although he was around at the wrong end of the titles run so he'll always be overshadowed by gulacy in most peopl's eyes.
Late Snark Free Corner for 4/7 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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I don't consider myself a conservative in the true, traditional meaning of the term although I regularly get mistaken for one, but it is possible to be both conservative and intelligent.
Five Feet Of Pissy ALW 2007
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But he LOVES to speak in English, although is English is often an inaccurate translation of his Arabic thoughts.
Thursday, August 31, 2006 As'ad 2006
tankexmortis commented on the word although
So what are the rules regarding the use of "although" vs. "though"?
December 3, 2006
seanahan commented on the word although
http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/a.htm
"These words are interchangeable as conjunctions. Some people think although is more formal or more emphatic. Though also works as an adverb meaning 'however' at the end of a sentence: She promised to do her homework, though. Though also is used in the idioms as though and even though."
December 3, 2006
tankexmortis commented on the word although
Thanks! Nice resource, too; I'll have to bookmark that.
December 3, 2006
oroboros commented on the word although
While.
November 12, 2007