TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “than

Hear “than” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for than

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of than with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
The Moththe moth actually longer than it's been
Definition summary
Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce than

The Moth

the moth actually longer than it's been

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “than

Meaning

  • [Conjunction]
  • Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
  • (obsolete outside dialects, usually used with for) Because; for.
  • [Preposition]
  • Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
  • [Adverb]
  • (now chiefly dialectal or a misspelling) At that time; then.
  • [Noun]
  • branch

Practice Nearby Words

whereas, then, besides, rather, because, though, once, beyond, just, relative, comparison, prudence, sure, outside, enable, think, least, without, allow, except, report, let, only, making, atypical, unlike, above, under, non, below, despite, carload, truckload, que, against, unless, versus, whom, relative to, over, instead of, compared with, vis-à-vis, in comparison with, with, opposed to, rather than, contrary to, less, thant, more, thau, compared, moreso, fewer, even, comparable, lhan, longer, lesser, better, possibly, anything, thana, about, closer, tahn, prettier, ever, nore, comparably, like, nothing, worse, truer, none, much, other, instead, thaa, harder, actually, resembling, before, nearer, regard, worthier, most, either, stronger, perhaps, plainer, faster, that, higher, surpasses, what, hardly, simpler

Similar Sounds

than, thanh, then, thin, thang, thine, thon, thane, thun, thone, tham, thien, thain, thein, thune, thayne, thoen, theine, thegn, thing, them, theme, thumb, thong, thyme, thatch, thum, thm, thim, thn, thome, thym, thant, thach, thurn, thiem, thana, thieme, thumm, man, fan, dan, han, mann, phan, hann, dann, manne, fann, mahn, hanh, hanne, manh, faen, dahn, fahn, ran, chan, nan, jan, lan, san, shan, yan, zan, jaan, whan, zahn, sanne, yann, jahn, jann, sahn, rann, lann, nann, rahn, yahn, lahn, sann, ssan, zhang, zhen, oyen, the eye, thigh high, oyan, the i, the high, ethan, athen, earthen, athene, athan, ethen, ethane, athon, ethene