though

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Though is fine conjunction. It's no "but" or "however", though it is a useful word, when you want let a reader know that two ideas are opposing one another.

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Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.

Adverb
despite the fact that; "even though she knew the answer, she did not respond"

Adverb
(postpositive) however; "it might be unpleasant, though"


conj.
Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.

adv.
However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.


Though

Though (&th;&omac;), conj. [OE. thogh, þah, AS. &edh;e'a0h, &edh;&aemac;h, &edh;'c7h; akin to OS. th'd3h, OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet though, Icel. þ'd3 yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan. dog, Goth. þ'a0uh, þ'a0u, than, or, yet; of uncertain origin. 'fb184.] Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.
Not that I so affirm, though so it seem.
&hand; 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.

Though

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.
A good cause would do well, though.

Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.

However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.

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Usage Examples

Actually, we got signed in November of 2000 with Dreamworks which is the most amazing label. We have friends on other labels and though we are not selling millions of records, yet, they treat us with tons of respect and give us some very good guidance.

Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It's delightful to distort size, to see something that's tiny as though it were vast.

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.

After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs.

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.

A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possibility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good.

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.

A flower falls, even though we love it and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.

'The Killing' has a really great combination of qualities: Even though it's very sad and deals with mourning and grief, it's still exciting. It's about real people and it doesn't shy from the painful points of life.

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