why
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- //waɪ̯//
- /[waɪ̯]/
- //waː//
For what cause, reason, or purpose. Introducing a complete question.
Adverb
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For what cause, reason, or purpose. Introducing a complete question.
Why is the sky blue?
Why did you do that?
I don’t know why he did that.
Tell me why the moon changes phase.
- 2
For what cause, reason, or purpose. Introducing a complete question. With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion.
Why don't you ask her out for dinner?
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For what cause, reason, or purpose. Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause).
Why spend money on something you already get for free?
Why not tell him how you feel?
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For what cause, reason, or purpose. Introducing a noun or other phrase.
Why him? Why not someone taller?
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For which cause, reason, or purpose.
That's the reason why I did that.
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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.
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
Herkunft
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”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.
Substantiv
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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.
Within months of leaving, she became the new owner of Dream Body Recovery in Miami, which has three rooms that can accommodate up to six clients. “Being a part of this journey with other ladies, knowing how it changed my life, that’s my why,” she told me.
Interjektion
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veraltendAn 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.
VVhy Child, I tell thee if I vvas thy Mmother I ſhould not diſovvn thee; Don't you ſee I am as kind to you as if I vvas your Mother?
Verb
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To ask (someone) the question "why?".
Why indeed? But once you start whying, there's no end to it.
Substantiv
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veraltetA young heifer.
At two years old, also, the HEIFERS - provincially, “whies,” are generally put to the bull.
Herkunft
A variant of quey.
Substantiv
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Variante von wyeAlternative form of wye; the name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
ee, why, ee, ess, eyes
eff you see kay why oh you.
I hear you. But hear me out, all right? Because I mean what I’m about to say. Eff-you-see-kay-why-oh-you. Fuck you.
Like many folks do when taking medicine past its expiration date, Jerry had questioned its effectiveness. The pill had answered with a resounding why ee ess, and Jerry couldn’t tell between the Custom Costume in his pocket and himself.
Formen
- Plural
- whys, why's, whies
- Präteritum
- whyed, whied
- Partizip II
- whyed, whied
- Partizip I
- whying
- 3. Person Singular
- whys, whies
why · For what cause, reason, or purpose. Introducing a complete question.
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