Meaning of ALTHOUGH
| Pronunciation: | | ol'dhow
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| | Definition: | | [adv] despite the fact that; "even though she knew the answer, she did not respond" |
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| | Synonyms: | | tho', though |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al*though"\, conj. [All + though; OE. al thagh.]
Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding;
though.
Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. --Mark
xiv. 29.
Syn: {Although}, {Though}.
Usage: Although, which originally was perhaps more emphatic
than though, is now interchangeable with it in the
sense given above. Euphonic consideration determines
the choice.
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| | Related Terms: | | after all, again, albeit, all the same, at all events, at any rate, but, even, even so, for all that, howbeit, however, in any case, in any event, just the same, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, rather, still, though, when, whereas, while, yet |
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