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Webster 1913 Edition
Though
Though
(thō)
, c
onj.
[OE.
thogh
, þah
, AS. ðeáh
, ðǣh
, ðēh
; akin to OS. thōh
, OFries. thach
, D. & G. doch
but, yet, OHG. doh
but, yet though, Icel. þō
yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock
, Dan. dog
, Goth. þáuh
, þáu
, than, or, yet; of uncertain origin. √184.] Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.
Though
he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job xiii. 15.
Not that I so affirm,
though
so it seem. Milton.
☞ It is compounded with all in although. See
Although
. As though
, as if.
In the vine were three branches; and it was
as though
it budded. Gen. xl. 10.
Though
,adv.
However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; – used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
I would not be as sick
though
for his place. Shakespeare
A good cause would do well,
though
. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Though
THOUGH
,Verb.
I.
1.
Grant; admit; allow. 'If thy brother be waxen poor--thou shalt relieve him; yea, though he be a stranger.' Grant or admit the fact that he is stranger, yet thou shalt relieve him. Lev.25. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job.13.
That is, grant or admit that he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. Prov.11.
That is, admit the fact that the wicked unite their strength, yet this will not save them from punishment.
Not that I so affirm, though so it seem.
That is, grant that it seems so, yet I do not so affirm.
2.
Used with as. In the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded. Gen.40.
So we use as if; it was as if it budded; and if is gif, give. The appearance was like the real fact, if admitted or true.
3.
It is used in familiar language, at the end of a sentence. A good cause would do well though.
This is generally or always elliptical, referring to some expression preceding or understood.
4.
It is compounded with all, in although, which see.Definition 2024
though
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Alternative forms
Adverb
though (not comparable)
- (conjunctive) Despite that; however.
- I will do it, though.
- 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. […] One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
- (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
- "Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?"
Synonyms
- (despite that): all the same, anyhow, anyway, even so, in any case, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yet
Translations
however
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Conjunction
though
- Despite the fact that; although.
- Though it’s risky, it’s worth taking the chance.
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapterII:
- Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
- (archaic) If, that, even if.
- We shall be not sorry though the man die 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.
Usage notes
- (if): This sense is now archaic, except in the fixed expression as though.
Synonyms
- (although): although, even though
Translations
although
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