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Definition of 'what'Pronoun
( en-pron)
(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
(relative|nonstandard) That; which.
* 1902 , , (The Admirable Crichton) :
- That’s her; that’s the thing what has stole his heart from me.
(relative) That which; those that; the thing that.
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Adverb
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In some manner or degree; in part; partly; usually followed by with .
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Such.
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(label) Why?
* (rfdate) (Chaucer)
- What should I tell the answer of the knight?
* (rfdate) (John Milton)
- But what do I stand reckoning upon advantages and gains lost by the misrule and turbulency of the prelates?
Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
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- And as for on C good knyghtes I haue my self / but I fawte / l / for so many haue ben slayne in my dayes / and so Ladegreans delyuerd his doughter Gweneuer vnto Merlyn / and the table round with the C knyghtes / and so they rode fresshly with grete royalte / what' by water and ' what by land / tyl that they came nyghe vnto london
Synonyms
* such
Interjection
( en-interj)
* 1605 Wm. Shakespeare, King Lear
- What , have his daughters brought him to this pass?
- What ! That’s amazing.
(British|colloquial|dated) Is that not true?
- It’s a nice day, what'''?'' (sometimes repeated, e.g.: '''''What'''-'''what ? )
Determiner
( en-det)
Which; which kind of.
- What shirt are you going to wear?
- What time is it?
- What kind of car is that?
How much; how great (used in an exclamation).
- What talent he has!
- What a talent!
Derived terms
* wat
* what ho
* whatness
* what's what
Noun
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(obsolete) something; thing; stuff
* Spenser
- They prayd him sit, and gave him for to feed / Such homely what as serves the simple clowne, / That doth despise the dainties of the towne
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