WHEN
\wˈɛn], \wˈɛn], \w_ˈɛ_n]\
Definitions of WHEN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds.
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At what time; - used interrogatively.
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At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; - used relatively.
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Which time; then; - used elliptically as a noun.
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At what time; - used interrogatively.
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At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; - used relatively.
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While; whereas; although; - used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition.
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Which time; then; - used elliptically as a noun.
By Noah Webster.
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At. or after, the time that; as, write when you can; at what time; as, when did it happen? as soon as; as, when the war is over.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
