English Dictionary

than

IPA（発音記号）

/ðæn/

接続詞

方言 廃用 前置詞for用法 通常

Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. / (obsolete outside dialects, usually used with for) Because; for.

日本語の意味

比較を行う際に、比較対象や基準を示すために使用される（例：AはBより～である）。 / （現代英語ではほとんど使われず、方言などで用いられる）『～の理由で』『～のために』という意味。

The hike was more challenging than I imagined.

そのハイキングは私が想像していたよりも大変だった。

意味（1）

Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

意味（2）

(obsolete outside dialects, usually used with for) Because; for.

If thou say yes, then puttest thou on Christ (that is, the wisdome of God, the Father) unkunning, unpower, or euil will: for than he could not make his rule so good as an other did his.