how to pronounce than

/ðæn/

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than is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of than in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… but is more often than not not used for …”

meanings of than

conjunction:

Because; for.
Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

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:

At that time; then.

name:

A surname.

than frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word than occurs in english on average 1088.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics than can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that than can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;