When - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |wen|  American pronunciation of the word when
Brit.  |wen|  British pronunciation of the word when

adverb

- (interrogative) Used to introduce questions about time.
When will they arrive?
- Used to introduce indirect questions about time.
Do you know when they arrived?
Do you know when they will arrive?
Do you know when they arrive?
- At an earlier and less prosperous time.
He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.

conjunction

- At what time.
They were told when to sleep.
- At such time as.
I'm happiest when I'm working.
- As soon as.
I'll do it when I get the time.
- At a time in the past,
It was raining when I came yesterday.

pronoun

- (interrogative) What time; which time
Since when do I need your permission?

noun

- The time.
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

interjection

- That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.

Extra examples

When did the American Civil War begin?

The detective asked me when I last saw her.

When is the next performance?

It was a time when people didn't have to lock their doors.

The happy days when we were together

We're still waiting for the test results, when we'll decide our next move.

When he finally showed up, he was drunk.

When I was in school, we didn't have computers.

You can go when the bell rings.

Call me when you get home.

Things were better when he got a job.

When he watches television, he falls asleep.

She quit politics when she might have had a great career in it.

He retired in 1998, since when he has been devoting his time to gardening.

You need the report by when?

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