Though
Though (tō) , conjunction
[Old English thogh, þah, Anglo-Saxon eeáh, eah, eēh; akin to Old Saxon thōh, OFries. thach, Dutch & German doch but, yet, Old High German doh but, yet though, Icelandic þō yet, nevertheless, Swedish dock, Danish dog, Gothic þáuh, þáu, than, or, yet; of uncertain origin. r184.]
Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.
Not that I so affirm, though so it seem.
In the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded.
It is compounded with all in although. See Although.
Collocations (1)
As though , as if.
Though , adverb
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.
A good cause would do well, though.