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Definition of rather than in English Dictionary

• 접속사 (Conjunction)+-
  1. And not.
  2. Used to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred.
     1. According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
• 전치사 (Preposition)
  1. instead of; in preference to.
     1. I'd like a dog rather than a cat.
• 더 많은 예제
  1. 문장 중간에 사용됨
     • The aardvark or "ant bear" actually is mainly termitophagous rather than ant-eating.
     • Cryptoviral extortion is a new form of financial terrorism that consists of inserting fragments of malicious code to encipher data rather than damage it in other ways.
     • Even though there were dangerous chemicals about, they worked in their shirtsleeves rather than hazmat suits.
  2. 문장의 시작에 사용됨
     • Rather than such Hellenic greatness of soul, Proverbs emphasized humbleheartedness.

• 품사 계층 (Part-of-Speech Hierarchy)
  1. 접속사
  2. 전치사

Other Vocabulary

1. en other than
2. en greater than
3. en ratherish
4. en Matherian
5. en wherethan