What does although mean in English?

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0 despite the fact that:
- She walked home by herself, although she knew that it was dangerous.
- He decided to go, although I begged him not to.
- He's rather shy, although he's not as bad as he used to be.
- She'll be coming tonight, although I don't know exactly when.
1 despite the fact that, or despite being:
- He decided to go, although I begged him not to.

Mysteriously, the light came on, although no one was near the switch.
I have the greatest respect for his ideas, although I don't agree with them.
They won the war, although it cost them millions of lives.
In the final straight Meyers stumbled, and although he didn't fall it was enough to lose him first place.
At 84 he's still quite active, although he walks with the aid of a stick.
Although establishing new schools is not permitted, there is always a loophole that can be exploited.
Although it is rarely clearly stated, we implicitly have a predicate whose result tells us when an abstract value permits strictness optimisations.
Although many countries are planning to privatise, there has been little research into the effects of water privatisation.

0 Although or though?
1 Although and though meaning ‘in spite of’

Although and though both mean ‘in spite of something’. They are subordinating conjunctions. This means that the clause which they introduce is a subordinate clause, which needs a main clause to make it complete:
2 Although and though meaning ‘but’

When the although/though clause comes after a main clause, it can also mean ‘but it is also true that …’:
3 Though meaning ‘however’
4 As though

As though has a meaning very similar to as if. As if is much more common than as though: