 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
though
adverb
1: despite the fact that; "even though she knew the answer, she
did not respond" [syn: {although}, {tho'}]
2: (postpositive) however; "it might be unpleasant, though"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Though \Though\ ([th][=o]), conj. [OE. thogh, [thorn]ah, AS.
[eth]e['a]h, [eth][=ae]h, [eth][=e]h; akin to OS. th[=o]h,
OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet
though, Icel. [thorn][=o] yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan.
dog, Goth. [thorn]['a]uh, [thorn]['a]u, than, or, yet; of
uncertain origin. [root]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.
Note: 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Though \Though\, adverb
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. --Shak.
A good cause would do well, though. --Dryden.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "though":
admitting that, after all, again, albeit, all the same,
allowing that, although, at all events, at any rate, but, even,
even so, for all that, granted, howbeit, however, in any case,
in any event, just the same, nevertheless, nonetheless,
notwithstanding, rather, still, supposing, when, while, yet
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