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when

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when

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, when is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofwhen

1noun
  • The time at which something happens.

    Example: "A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how."

1adverb
  • (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

    Example: "Do you know when they arrived?"

  • At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.

    Example: "He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when."

  • (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

    Example: "That was the day when the Twin Towers fell."

1pronoun
  • (interrogative) What time; which time.

    Example: "Since when do I need your permission?"

  • The time that.

    Example: "I recall when they were called the Greys."

1conjunction
  • At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.

    Example: "A player wins when [as soon as, or at any time that, if] she has four cards of the same suit."

  • During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.

    Example: "Be careful when crossing the street."

  • At what time; at which time.

    Example: "I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal."

  • Since; given the fact that; considering that.

    Example: "I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them."

  • Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.

    Example: "He keeps changing things when the existing system works perfectly well."

1interjection
  • That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
  • Expressing impatience. (Compare what.)

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