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when

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Adverb
  1. 1

    At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

    • When will they arrive?
    • Do you know when they arrived?
    • I don't know when they arrived.
  2. 2

    Used after a noun or noun phrase in isolation to express impatience with an anticipated future event.

    • The site's all bugged. Fix when?
    • Tank class buff when?
    • My fridge even restocks itself these days. Glorious AI overlords when?
  3. 3

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

    • He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
  4. 4

    At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

    • That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
    • Not a week goes by when I don't mourn that loss.
  5. 5

    The time at, on or during which.

    • I recall when they were called the Greys.
    • Next year is when we elect a new mayor.
  6. 6

    A circumstance or situation in which.

    • Love is when you can't get enough of someone.
Conjunction
  1. 1

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

    • Pavlov's dogs salivate when [i.e. at any and every time that] they hear a bell.
    • When [i.e. at any and every time that] he speaks to her, he is always polite.
    • Put your pencil down when [i.e. as soon as, at the moment that] the timer goes off.
  2. 2

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

    • They dream when [i.e. during the time that] they sleep.
    • I'm happiest when [during the time that, or at any time that] I’m working.
    • It was raining when I came yesterday.
  3. 3

    At what time; at which time.

    • I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal.
    • I was just walking down the street, when [i.e. at which time] all of a sudden it started to rain.
  4. 4

    Since; given the fact that; considering that.

    • I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
  5. 5

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

    • You're picking at your scabs when you should be letting them heal.
    • He keeps changing things when the existing system works perfectly well.
Pronoun
  1. 1

    What time; which time.

    • Since when do I need your permission?
Noun
  1. 1

    The time at which something happens.

    • A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
Interjection
  1. 1

    That's enough: a command asking someone to stop adding something, especially an ingredient or portion of food or drink; used in, or as if in, literal response to 'Say when'.

  2. 2

    Expressing impatience.

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