WHEN
/ʍɛn/
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Definition
/ʍɛn/
noun
- The time at which something happens.“A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.”
adverb
- (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.“Do you know when they arrived?”
- At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.“He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.”
- (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.“That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.”
pronoun
- (interrogative) What time; which time.“Since when do I need your permission?”
- The time that.“I recall when they were called the Greys.”
conjunction
- At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.“A player wins when [as soon as, or at any time that, if] she has four cards of the same suit.”
- During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.“Be careful when crossing the street.”
- At what time; at which time.“I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal.”
interjection
- That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
- Expressing impatience. (Compare what.)
Source: Wiktionary
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