though Meaning, Definition & Usage

Though conjunction

Etymology

OE. thogh, þah, AS. &edh;eáh, &edh;&aemac;h, &edh;eh; akin to OS. thoh, OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet though, Icel. þo yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan. dog, Goth. þáuh, þáu, than, or, yet; of uncertain origin. *184.

Definitions

1. Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.

   Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job xiii. 15.

   Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. Milton.

   ✍ It is compounded with all in although. See Although.

   In the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded. Gen. xl. 10.

Though adverb

Definitions

1. However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.

   I would not be as sick though for his place. Shak.

   A good cause would do well, though. Dryden.