adverb
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(Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor.
noun
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Something; thing; stuff.
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The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
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Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
adverb
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(usually followed by "with," but also sometimes "would" or "might," especially in finance) In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with
example
The market will calculate these higher risks in their funding costs what might result in higher lending rates.
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Such.
example
What a beautiful day!
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Why.
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Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
pronoun
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(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
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That which; those that; the thing that.
example
He knows what he wants.
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(relative) That; which; who.
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Whatever.
example
I will do what I can to help you.
interjection
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An expression of surprise or disbelief.
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What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.
example
What? I'm busy.
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Clipping of what do you say?
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What did you say? I beg your pardon?
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(typically with a) An intensifier to an adjective phrase; used to begin a sentence.
example
What a nice car.
Examples of what in a Sentence
What time is it?
What is an earthquake?
What time are we going to leave tomorrow?
What was that supposed to mean?
What could he do about it but lose more sleep?
What did she eat today?
What shall I do?
That's what I say.
What in the world is this?
No one knows what the mother might do.
What was going on?
What is the problem?
What do you want?
Let us examine our prison and see what it is like.
What a big family it was!
What do you think of it, Prince?
What are you doing?
You are welcome to what we have.
What do you mean, 'wow'?
What's got into you lately?
What joy to talk with other children in my own language!
I can't imagine what he was thinking to hide a thing like that from you.
When new technology comes out, we generally understand it in terms of what it displaces.
Alex walked into the room, smiling when he saw what she had done.
What are you afraid of?
What many children think of with dread, as a painful plodding through grammar, hard sums and harder definitions, is to-day one of my most precious memories.
What do you care?
You faced what you thought was a great danger, and you were not afraid.
Maybe that was what Felipa was talking about - that she fussed over him too much.
He looked at the bright, yellow pieces and said, "What shall I do with these coppers, mother?"
What are you going to fix?
If this was what defined a vacation away from home, she'd just as soon stay at home.
And what little they have promised they will not perform!
They were well aware of what could have happened.
He picked it up, but could not see what he held.
What is the nature of the luxury which enervates and destroys nations?
What in the world is going on?
What is your style?
Look what you've done to the poor girl.
No. What made you think that?
Is that what he said?
What answer did Novosiltsev get?
What did you want me to say?
What was he planning?
That's what I've been wanting to tell you.
What do you think?
What makes you think I came here to see you?
What's it to you?
It was Alex who talked her into the IVF, but what did it matter?
What had happened that made him ditch everything he knew and come to Arkansas?