than
thanpreposition
UK/ðæn/US/ðæn/
COMPARING
A1used after a comparative to compare two people or things
- My brother is taller than me.
- It's colder today than yesterday.
AMOUNT
A2used to show a number or amount is larger or smaller
- There were more than fifty people there.
- It took less than an hour.
thanconjunction
UK/ðæn/US/ðæn/
A2used to join two parts of a sentence when comparing them
- The trip was cheaper than we expected.
- She speaks French better than she writes it.