Meaning of how | Babel Free

Definitions

1. how?
2. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter H.
3. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
4. The means by which something is accomplished.
5. An artificial barrow or tumulus; in later folklore, associated with fairies.
   dialectal
6. sorry? what? (expressing surprise or asking to repeat)
7. A town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Calvin F. How Jr.
   countable, uncountable
8. In northern England, a low hill.
   dialectal
9. A manner or method of doing something: "The how of research is generated by the why of the world" (Frederick Turner).
10. A hamlet in Hayton parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5056).
    countable, uncountable
11. Most certainly; you bet: She's a good dancer, and how!
12. Used rhetorically to express surprise or wonder at or approval for something.
13. How is it that; why: How come you're so late?
14. How is it so: You say the answer is wrong. How so?
15. in no matter what way. This painting still looks wrong however you look at it. hoe ook al كَيفَما както и да não importa como ať ... jakkoli wie auch immer hvordan end όπως κι αν de todas formas, lo como lo kuidas tahes درهرحالت miten tahansa de quelque façon que אֵיך שֶלא किसी भी तरह kako god akárhogyan dengan cara apa pun hvernig sem in qualsiasi modo どんなふうに～しても 그러나 kad ir kaip lai arī kā macam mana sekalipun hoe dan ooksamme hvordan w jakikolwiek sposób, bez względu na to jak په هر حالت کی...
16. for what reason. How come I didn't get any cake? hoekom كَيف حَدَثَ أن защо por que proč wie kommt es hvorfor; hvordan γιατί, πώς και...; ¿por qué?, ¿por qué razón?, ¿cómo es que...? mis põhjusel چطور miksi comment se fait-il que אֵיך יָכוֹל לִהיוֹת ऐसा क्यों है kako to, zašto hogyan lehet az, hogy... mengapa hvernig stendur á að (come mai) なぜ 어찌하여, 왜 kaip čia atsitiko, kad kā tad tā kenapa hoe komt het hvordan da?; hva kommer det av?dlaczego څرنګه por que razão cum se face că это почему же a...
17. words that are said by a person to someone he is being introduced to. `How do you do? My name is Smith,' he said, shaking her hand. aangename kennis, bly te kenne كَيفَ الحال؟ как си como está? těší mě Guten Tag, wie geht´s? hvordan har du det? χαίρω πολύ mucho gusto, encantado tere حال شما چطور است hyvää päivää enchanté מָה שְׁלוֹמך? कैसे हो drago mi je! jó napot kívánok! apa kabar góðan daginn, sæll og blessaður piacere! はじめまして 처음 뵙겠습니다 malonu matyti/susipažinti sveicināti! kā klājas? apa k...
18. adv. cómo, cuánto;___ are you? → ¿Cómo está?, ¿Cómo estás?;
19. In what manner or way; by what means: How does this machine work?

Equivalents

Examples

“I am not interested in the why, but in the how.”

“It is an a posteriori argument, evincing the fact, but not the how.”

“A wham-bam caper flick, efficiently directed by Roger Donaldson, that fancifully revisits the mysterious whos and speculative hows of a 1971 London bank heist.”

“Fianlly, as regards the places in which these rites and mysteries may have been held, certain writers believe them to have been the "Fairy Hills" or "howes" in various parts of Scotland.”

“The fairy feast inside the howe (and this barrow is hill-sized) reminds one of nothing so much as a tale in the Icelandic Eyrbyggia saga, written in the mid thirteenth century.”

“Then, the story goes, a certain man plundered the hoard in that immemorial howe[.]”

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