though is on the Basic English 850 List.
this - though - thought
though is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
this - though - thousand

Pronunciation change

Preposition change

Preposition
though

  1. You use though to introduce a fact which you regard as less important than the fact in the main clause.
    Though he talked very loudly, she did not hear him.
    She did not hear him, though he talked very loudly.
    There was a real, though small, problem.
  2. You use though to add a fact or an opinion that makes the previous statement less strong or less important.
    Our team lost. It was a good game though.
    He went to school in Paris. His French, though, isn’t very good.