WH-word
noun, Grammar. (in English)
1.
an interrogative or relative word that usually, but not always, begins with wh-, as what, why, where, which, who, or how.
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- Why
adverb 1. for what? for what reason, cause, or purpose?: Why did you behave so badly? conjunction 2. for what cause or reason: I don’t know why he is leaving. 3. for which; on account of which (usually after reason to introduce a relative clause): the reason why he refused to go. 4. the reason […]
- Whyalla
noun 1. a city in S Australia. noun 1. a port in S South Australia, on Spencer Gulf: iron and steel and shipbuilding industries. Pop: 21 271 (2001)
- Whydah
noun 1. any of several small African finches of the subfamily Viduinae, the males of which have elongated, drooping tail feathers during the breeding season. 2. any of several African weaverbirds of the genus Euplectes, the males of which have similar long tails. noun 1. any of various predominantly black African weaverbirds of the genus […]
- Whydunnit
noun 1. (informal) a novel, film, etc, concerned with the motives of the criminal rather than his or her identity
- Whys and wherefores
All the underlying causes and reasons, as in She went into the whys and wherefores of the adoption agency’s rules and procedures. This idiom today is a redundancy since why and wherefore mean the same thing. Formerly, however, why indicated the reason for something and wherefore how it came to be. [ c. 1600 ]