Meaning of why's | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Contraction of why + is.
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
2. Contraction of why + has.
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
3. Contraction of why + does.
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, uncommon

Examples

“I don't want to go to college next year - Really? Why’s that?”

“Why's everyone gone home?”

“Why's he want to do that?”

“1977: I was never able to stop the search for the why's and how's of something so senseless as the arms race. (Nobel Peace Prize Alva Myrdal)”

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