although

Examples

• All

• Opposition to all interventions is a mistake, although opposition to some is sure to be morally necessary.

  Academic text (2011)

• In the following two years, the Chinese responded impressively, although only partially, to this shift in U.S. policy.

  Academic text (2011)

• A different kind of concern, although probably less common, comes from the opposite direction.

  Academic text (2011)

• Management does not vary with age, although tolerance of drugs may be lower in older patients.

  Academic text (2011)

• Continued growth and integration into Europe, although providing no guarantee, represent the best hope for political reform.

  Academic text (2011)

• Therefore, water does not necessarily flow from higher to lower elevations, although this is generally the case.

  Academic text (2011)

• But although they were small, these mammals were triumphant.

• Very little qualitative research is done by economists, although case studies are sometimes used.

  Academic text (2011)

• Seventh-grade students did not increase interpretation performance, although students in other grades did.

  Academic text (2011)

• Sectarian churches are a minority, although they are increasing in number here as elsewhere.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

W

whereas

vsalthough

• Formal

359 3.5

To show that two things are different

introduces a contrast that often seems to contradict the prior statement

A

albeit

vsalthough

• Formal

60 3.5

Although one thing is true, something else is also true

introduces a contrast that opposes or seems to oppose the previous idea

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology