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alternative Internet Philippines US also dated informal tho · alternative archaic poetic tho’ · alternative obsolete thô · alternative obsolete thogh · alternative Scotland obsolete thot · alternative misspelling thou

1. conjunctivenot comparableDespite that; however.

   So they got married. That, though, was not the end of the story.

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   I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though.

   Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.

   2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845

   Synonyms: all the same

2. not comparabledegreeUsed to intensify statements or questions; indeed.

   "Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?"

alternative Internet Philippines US also dated informal tho · alternative archaic poetic tho’ · alternative obsolete thô · alternative obsolete thogh · alternative Scotland obsolete thot · alternative misspelling thou

1. Despite the fact that; although.

   Though it is risky, it is worth taking the chance.

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   Astute businessman though he was, my brother was capable of extreme recklessness.

   Actual perpetrators though they were, the criminals never admitted it in court.

   Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

   1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC

   Though we carried a radio, the chance of rescue in many areas was slim, and one man could never haul the boat with the other one on board.

   1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 591

   Synonyms: although

2. archaicIf, that, even if.

   We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight.

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   And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 16:31

   "Though we called your friend from his bed this night, he could not speak for you, / "For the race is run by one and one and never by two and two."

   1919, Rudyard Kipling, Tomlinson

   Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.

   1945, Oscar Hammerstein II, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (song), in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel (musical)

alternative Internet Philippines US also dated informal tho · alternative archaic poetic tho’ · alternative obsolete thô · alternative obsolete thogh · alternative Scotland obsolete thot · alternative misspelling thou

1. misspellingMisspelling of thought.