why

Meaning

Adv

1. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
2. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
3. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
4. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
5. For which cause, reason, or purpose.
6. The cause, reason, or purpose for which.

Noun

Reason.

Intj

An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.

Verb

To ask (someone) the question "why?".

Noun

A young heifer.

Noun

Alternative form of wye; the name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʍaɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷis (“who”), *kʷid (“what”).
Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.

Sentences

That is why I am here .

Why Study Popular Culture ?

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Why don't you say something ?

That's why I feel that I deserve a part of what you find .

That's the reason why I came in fourth .

Why don't you fellows get your own news ?

This is the main reason why pesto recipes often differ from each other .