“though” – English explanatory dictionary

adv, conj 1. in spite of the fact (that) ○ Though tired, she still kept on running. ○ We don’t employ a computer programmer, though many companies do. □ odd though it may seem although it may seem odd □ even though in spite of the fact that ○ He didn’t wear a coat, even though it was snowing. 2. □ as though as if ○ His voice sounded strange over the telephone, as though he was standing in a cave. ○ That shirt doesn’t look as though it has been ironed. ○ It looks as though there is no one in. 3. but ○ It is unlikely though possible.

(tho), conj. [OE. thogh, þah, AS. ðeáh, ðaeh, ðeh; 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. rad.184.] 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. As though, as if. “In the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded.” Gen. xl. 10.

adv. 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.