while

  • 31while — See: AFTER A WHILE or IN A WHILE, ALL THE TIME(1), EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, ONCE IN A WHILE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 32while — See: after a while or in a while, all the time(1), every now and then or every once in a while, once in a while …

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  • 33while — mean·while; while; um·while; worth·while·ness; …

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  • 34while —    Oiai, oi, i, i ka manawa, i ka wā. See during, Gram. 11.1. While I, ia u, A while ago, aku nei.     To while away the time, ho ohala manawa; kūkahekahe (pleasantly).     While there is time, oi ola honua …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 35while — 1. noun /ʍaɪl,waɪl/ A certain duration of time, a period of time. He lectured for quite a long while. 2. conjunction /ʍaɪl,waɪl/ a) During the same time that. He was sleeping while I was singing. b) although …

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  • 36while — I Cleveland Dialect List until, before: wait while I come , not while night II North Country (Newcastle) Words until: stay while I come back …

    English dialects glossary

  • 37while — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) conj. during, as long as, whilst, whereas; although. while away II (Roget s IV) conj. 1. [As long as] Syn. during, at the same time that, during the time that, whilst, throughout the time that, in the… …

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  • 38while — [OE] While comes via prehistoric Germanic *khwīlō from the Indo European base *qwi . This denoted ‘rest’, and its meaning was carried through into Latin quiēs (source of English quiet) and tranquillus (source of English tranquil) and Swedish… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39while — 1. noun we chatted for a while Syn: time, spell, stretch, stint, span, interval, period; duration, phase, patch 2. verb tennis helped to while away the time Syn: pass, spend, occupy, use up …

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  • 40while — 1. noun we chatted for a while Syn: time, spell, stretch, stint, span, interval, period; Brit.; informal patch 2. verb tennis helped to while away the time Syn: pass, spend, occupy …

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