# though

Pronunciation: say "THOH" US /ðoʊ/, UK /ðəʊ/

## Conjunction

1. Despite the fact that, although ('though it is risky, it is worth taking the chance'); also after a fronted phrase ('astute businessman though he was').
   - Simple: Used to say something is true even if another thing is also true.
   - _Though she was tired, she finished the report._
   - _Small though it is, the garden is lovely._

## Adverb

2. Despite that; however, usually at the end of a sentence or as an aside.
   - Simple: Used at the end of a sentence to mean 'however'.
   - _The hotel was expensive. The view was worth it, though._
   - _She says she is fine. She looks pale, though._
3. Intensifier, 'indeed', usually in an echoing reply or exclamation ('Man, it's hot in here.': 'Isn't it, though?').
   - Simple: Used to make a statement or question stronger, as in 'isn't it, though?'.
   - _When I said the goal was brilliant, he grinned and said, "Wasn't it, though?"_
   - _"That concert was amazing." "Wasn't it, though? My ears are still ringing."_

## Conjunction

4. If, even if, or that, followed by a verb in the subjunctive. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: An old use meaning 'even if' or 'if'.
   - _Though all the world forsake me, I shall stay. (old use)_
   - _I would not tell, though they should ask a thousand times. (old use)_

## Origin

This word comes from Middle English though, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó), which replaced the native Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah ("though, although, even if"). Both the Norse and English forms come from Proto-Germanic *þauh, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots, and it is related to German doch, Dutch doch, Danish dog, and Swedish dock.

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