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Meaning of when | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
ʍɛn

Definitions

  1. At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time
  2. The time at which something happens.
  3. Used after a noun or noun phrase in isolation to express impatience with an anticipated future event
  4. At what time: When will we leave?
  5. At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances
  6. The time or date: Have they decided the where and when?
  7. At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that
  8. at what time(?). When did you arrive?; When will you see her again?; I asked him when the incident had occurred; Tell me when to jump. wanneer مَتى кога quando kdy wann hvornår πότεcuando millal کى milloin quandמתי कब kada mikor? bilamana hvenær quando いつ (시간을 물어) 언제 kada kad bilakah wanneernårkiedy quando când когда kedy kdaj kada när เมื่อ ne zaman 何時 коли کب khi nào 何时
  9. The time at, on or during which
  10. from what place or circumstance (?); from where (?). vanwaar, van waar من أيْن؟ откъде de onde / donde odkud woher hvorfra από πού; de dónde kust(kohast) از کجا mistä d'oûמהיכן कहां से, जहां से odakle honnan? dari mana hvaðan da dove どこから 어디로부터 iš kur no kurienes dari mana vanwaar hvorfra?; hvor/hva ... fra? skąd? donde de unde откуда odkiaľ odkod otkuda varifrån, hur [kommer det sig] จากที่ไหน nereden, ne yüzden 從何處或何種情況 звідки کس جگہ سے do đâu 从哪里或何处
  11. At the time that: in the spring, when the snow melts.
  12. As soon as: I'll call you when I get there.
  13. Whenever: When the wind blows, all the doors rattle.
  14. During the time at which; while: When I was young, I was sick all the time.
  15. Whereas; although: She stopped short when she ought to have continued.
  16. Considering that; if: How can he get good grades when he won't study?

Equivalents

العربية إذ حين عندما لما متى
Azərbaycanca -əndə
Беларуская калі
Български кога когато
বাংলা ব্যাস যখন
Bosanski bašta bila da kad masa nar os tra
Català quan
Čeština kdy když
Cymraeg amser os pan tra
Dansk hvornår nar
Deutsch als sobald wann wenn wo
Ελληνικά αφού όταν ποτέ
Esperanto dum kiam
Español al cuando el cuando en que
Eesti kui millal
Euskara noiz
Français Dès que lorsque quand
Gaeilge nuair
हिन्दी कब जब
Hrvatski bašta bila da kad masa nar os tra
Magyar mikor
Հայերեն երբ
Bahasa Indonesia bila jika kapan ketika padahal saat
Íslenska takk þegar
Italiano basta quando
ქართული როდესაც როცა
한국어 언제
Кыргызча качан
Latina quandō
Latviešu kad
Македонски кога штом
Bahasa Melayu bila masa semasa
Nederlands als wanneer zodra
Polski gdy kiedy
Português assim que quando
Română când
Slovenčina keď kedy
Slovenščina ko
Shqip kur
Српски bašta bila da kad masa nar os tra
Svenska da när
Tagalog kailan kapag kung pagka-
Türkçe ne zaman
Українська коли
اردو جب
Tiếng Việt bao giờ khỉ khi nào

Examples

“A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.”
“For the moment, suffice it to say that the stories told through the whens and hows of building a scene differentiate individual desires and needs more clearly than shared speech was up to then able to communicate.”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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