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when

Meaning

1. At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
2. At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
3. At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
4. At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
5. The time at, on or during which.
6. (informal) A circumstance or situation in which.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʍɛn/

Cognate with Dutch

Dutch

wanneer

Cognate with German

German

wann

Cognate with Latin

quandō

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Sentences

When you are loved , you can do anything in creation .

When you are loved, you can do anything in creation.

When will there be a

cloud
☁️

in Australia

?

When will there be a cloud in Australia?

We were only half a

mile from the destination when the engine packed in .

We were only half a mile from the destination when the engine packed in.

Just the way yours do when you're happy
😀

.

Just the way yours do when you're happy.

When he
👨

was four weeks old
🧓

, his family
👪

relocated to Vienna , Austria

.

When he was four weeks old, his family relocated to Vienna, Austria.

Some or all of this ballast would then be discarded when cargo was loaded .

Some or all of this ballast would then be discarded when cargo was loaded.

When she
👩

saw
🪚

the unknown object bobbing up and down the edge , she
👩

was absolutely horrified .

When she saw the unknown object bobbing up and down the edge, she was absolutely horrified.

" Why are you carrying money
💸

?" asked the tribesman , when he
👨

had searched the boy's bag .

"Why are you carrying money?" asked the tribesman, when he had searched the boy's bag.

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