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verb
- First-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.
- Third-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.
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pronoun (desc=first person plural, nominative case, objective case, us, reflexive, ourselves, possessive, our, possessive noun, ours)
- (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
- (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (The use of we in the singular is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty"the royal we"as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
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verb
- (simple past of, go)
- (nonstandard) (past participle of, go)
- (archaic) (past of, wend)
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adverb
- in some manner or degree; in part; partly; usually followed by with.
- What with singing and joking, the time passed quickly.
- Such; this is; that is.
- What a pity.
- What a beautiful day!
- Obs. why?
pronoun
- (context, interrogative) which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
- What is your address?
- You told them ?
- Brit. colloq.It's rather late, ?
- (context, relative, nonstandard) that; which
- 1902, w:J. M. Barrie, J. M. Barrie, w:The Admirable Crichton, The Admirable Crichton
- :That"s her; that"s the thing has stole his heart from me.
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pronoun (desc=indefinite Pronoun)
- Anything that.
- Whatever you say is fine with me.
(trans-top, anything)
- Danish: hvad end, alt hvad, hvad som helst
- Dutch: maakt niet uit
- French: quoi que
- German: was immer
(trans-mid)
- Polish: cokolwiek
- Swedish: vad som helst
(trans-bottom)
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adjective
- whatever
- "In shape he lurk." Milton.
- "Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do." Gen. xxxi. 16.
- In any way; at all.
- He didn"t give me any answer .
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noun
- The place in which something happens.
- A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the , the why and the how.
adverb
- (used interrogatively, in either a direct or indirect question) At what place; to what place; what place.
- Where are you?
- Where are you going?
- Where did you come from?
- In what situation.
- Where would we be without our parents?
pronoun
- The place in which.
- He lives within five miles of he was born.
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adjective
- What, of those mentioned or implied (used interrogatively).
- Which song made the charts?
- They couldn't decide song to play.
pronoun
- (context, interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
- Which is bigger?
- Which is ?
- (context, relative) The one or ones that.
- Show me is bigger.
- (context, relative) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied)
- Their first song, made the charts 2004, is great.
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noun
- A certain duration of time, a period of time.
- He lectured for quite a long .
verb (whil, es)
- To pass time idly.
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pronoun (the objective case of, who)
- (context, formal) What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a verb.
- Whom did you ask?
- (context, formal) What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a preposition.
- To are you referring?
- With were you talking?
- Him; her; them (used as a relative pronoun to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.)
- He's a person with I work.
- We have ten employees, of half are carpenters.
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pronoun (objective case of, whoever) alternative form of whomsoever
- Whichever person.
- "To impose his will on he sees comfortably settled." — Max Beerbohm
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pronoun (objective case of, whosoever)
- whichever person, whomever
- "Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast." — Matthew 26:48
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pronoun (desc=relative pronoun)
- Of whom.
- The man dog caused the accident is standing here. ( = The man, the dog of whom caused the accident, is standing here)
- (context, considered, _, nonstandard, _, by some) Of which.
- That"s the house roof is falling off. ( = That's the house the roof of which is falling off)
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pronoun
- (archaic) whoever, whatever person
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noun
- The reason.
- A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the and the how.
adverb
- For what reason.
- Why did you do that?
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noun
- A weak-side linebacker.
- 1997, F Henderson, M Olson, Football's West Coast Offense, page 7
- : linebacker drops to turn-in, QB dropping dumps the ball off to HB.
- 2000, American Football Coaches Association Defensive Football Strategies, page 25
- :Our linebacker, because he is away from the formation or to the split end, should be a great pursuit man and pass defender.
- : covers the back side hook zone on the weak side.
proper noun
- (given name, male). (form of, A shortening, William)
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