why

adverb · noun · interjection · verbA1

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Trạng từ

adverb

1.
(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.
2.
(not comparable, relative)For which cause, reason, or purpose.
That's the reason why I did that.
3.
(not comparable)(fused relative) The cause, reason, or purpose for which.
That is why the sky is blue.
Why most of us volunteer is that we need some fresh air.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

whyswhies

1.
Reason.
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
I don't want to know the whys or the wherefores of your decision.
2.
(Yorkshire, obsolete)A young heifer.
3.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of wye; the name of the Latin script letter Y/y.

interjection

1.
(dated, literary)(dated or literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.
Why, that’s ridiculous!
Why, how kind of you!
Why yes, that’s true.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

whys

V_ing/Gerund

whies

V_ed/pp

whyingwhyed

1.
(intransitive, transitive)To ask (someone) the question "why?".

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

how comewhereforeto what endwhat forwhy sofor why

Cùng gốc / liên quan

whyeverwhy in God's namewhy notwhy am I not surprisedhence whywhy on Earththirteenth reason whywhy comewhy forthat's why they play the gamewhy so seriouswhys and whereforeswhy in timewhy is the ocean near the shorewhy the Devilwhy the dickenswhy the fuckbecause is whyfor whyone will know the reason why

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (why), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (by what, how), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷís (who), *kʷid (what).