how to pronounce though

/ðəʊ/

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the above transcription of though is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

though is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… is not feeling as though you need to be …”

meanings of though

adverb:

  1. Despite that; however.
  2. Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.

conjunction:

  1. Despite the fact that; although.
  2. If, that, even if.

though frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word though occurs in english on average 343.9 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 though 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 though can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to though

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