when
Meaning
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- At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
- At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
- At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
- At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
- The time at, on or during which.
- (informal) A circumstance or situation in which.
Synonyms
what time
at what time
at the time that
period of time
at that time
during the time
and then
and yet
just when
no matter when
how soon
what day
until when
any time when
by the time that
what time and day
in the days of
during that time
at what time ?
at a time when
when issued
from the time
at the moment when
simultaneous to
after that
at any time
at the time when
just after
just as
o’clock
on condition that
only when
on the occasion of
provided that
seeing that
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʍɛn/
Etymology
From Middle English when(ne), whanne, from Old English hwonne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannē, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“at what time, when”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis (interrogative base). Cognate with Dutch wanneer (“when”) and wen (“when, if”), Low German wannehr (“when”), wann (“when”) and wenn (“if, when”), German wann (“when”) and wenn (“when, if”), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan, “when, how”), Latin quandō (“when”). More at who. Interjection sense: a playful misunderstanding of "say when" (i.e. say something / speak up when you want me to stop) as "say [the word] when".
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