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[ adverb ] despite the fact that
Examples "even though she knew the answer, she did not respond" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The truth is , though , that men react differently to different treatment . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Every dream , and this is true of a mental_image of any type even though it may be readily interpreted into its equivalent of wakeful thought , is a psychic_phenomenon for which no explanation is available . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)We leap from event to event - including the formation of the posse - even though the events , in `` reality '' are taking_place not in sequence but simultaneously , and not near each other but at a considerable distance . (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)Polyphosphates gave renewed life to soap products at a time when surfactants were a threat though expensive , and these same polyphosphates spelled the decline of soap usage when the synergism between polyphosphates and synthetic detergent actives was recognized and exploited . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Not always , though , does the development of a bumblebee colony take_place in the smooth fashion we have just described . |
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[ adverb ] (postpositive) however
Examples "it might be unpleasant, though" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)That 's not precisely the way Larkin urges them to look_at it , though . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)`` I 've seen you , though , before '' , she said with enormous coyness , patting his knee . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)Could n't take them near a river , though , or they 'd squawk like a turkey_cock the day before Thanksgiving '' . She looked mighty interested , though . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Skolman is n't going_to like it much , though , giving_away what he should be selling '' . |
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