WHY
\wˈa͡ɪ], \wˈaɪ], \w_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of WHY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 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
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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question word; what is the reason (`how come' is a nonstandard variant); "why are you here?"; "how come he got an ice cream cone but I didn't?"
By Princeton University
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For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; - used interrogatively. See the Note under What, pron., 1.
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For which; on account of which; - used relatively.
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The reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, I know not why he left town so suddenly; - used as a compound relative.
By Oddity Software
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For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; - used interrogatively. See the Note under What, pron., 1.
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For which; on account of which; - used relatively.
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The reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, I know not why he left town so suddenly; - used as a compound relative.
By Noah Webster.
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For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; for which; on account of which.
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The reason or cause.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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For what cause, purpose, or reason.
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Because of which; for which.
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As a relative, the reason or cause for which.
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An introductory expletive.
By James Champlin Fernald
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For what cause or reason, interrogatively; for which reason or cause, relatively; for what reason or cause; for which.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
