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Meaning of why's | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

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)”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Whyalla Whyatt Whybrew whydah whydunit whydunnit

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