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adverb
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in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen?
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to what extent, degree, etc.?: How damaged is the car?
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in what state or condition?: How are you?
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for what reason; why?: How can you talk such nonsense?
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EXPANDto what effect; with what meaning?: How is one to interpret his action?
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what?: How do you mean? If they don't have vanilla, how about chocolate?
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(used as an intensifier): How seldom I go there!
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by what title or name?: How does one address the president?
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at what price: How are the new cars going, cheaper than last year's models?
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by what amount or in what measure or quantity?: How do you sell these tomatoes?
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COLLAPSEin what form or shape?: How does the demon appear in the first act of the opera? How does the medication come?
conjunction
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the manner or way in which: He couldn't figure out how to solve the problem.
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about the manner, condition, or way in which: I don't care how you leave your desk when you go. Be careful how you act.
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in whatever manner or way; however: You can travel how you please.
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Informal. that: He told us how he was honest and could be trusted.
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Hows
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
noun
Idioms16.
a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.: a child's unending whys and hows.
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a way or manner of doing something: to consider all the hows and wherefores.
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a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter H.
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and how! Informal. certainly! you bet!: Am I happy? And how!
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Here's how, Informal. (used as a toast).
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how come? Informal. how is it that? why?: How come you never visit us anymore?
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how so? how does it happen to be so? why?: You haven't any desire to go? How so?
Origin:
before 900; Middle English how, hu, Old English hū; cognate with Old Frisian hū, ho, Dutch hoe; akin to German wie (Old High German hweo), Gothic hwaiwa
before 900; Middle English how, hu, Old English hū; cognate with Old Frisian hū, ho, Dutch hoe; akin to German wie (Old High German hweo), Gothic hwaiwa
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how
Native American greeting, Siouxan (cf. Dakota hao, Omaha hau); first recorded 1817 in Eng, but noted early 17c. by Fr. missionary Jean de Brebeuf among Hurons as an expression of approval (1636).
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