what (A1)
pronoun
Pronunciation: /wɒt/
Definition
Used to ask for information about something.
Examples
What is this?
What do you want?
What happened?
How to Use what
- what about (prepositional phrase)
- Used to ask for an opinion or suggestion about something. — "What about going to the park?"
- what for (prepositional phrase)
- Used to ask the reason or purpose of something. — "What did you buy that for?"
- what if (collocation)
- Used to consider a possible situation or event. — "What if it rains tomorrow?"
- what's up (idiom)
- A casual greeting asking how someone is or what they are doing. — "Hey, what's up?"
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