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Sentence count:282+63Posted:2016-07-15Updated:2020-07-24
Similar words: but whatsomewhatwhatsoeverwhat is morewhalehatthatand thatMeaning: [wɒt]  pron.1. (used interrogatively as a request for specific information): What is the matter? 2. (used interrogatively to inquire about the character, occupation, etc., of a person): What does he do? 3. (used interrogatively to inquire as to the origin, identity, etc., of something): What are those birds? 4. (used interrogatively to inquire as to the worth, usefulness, force, or importance of something): What is wealth without friends? 5. (used interrogatively to request a repetition of words or information not fully understood, usually used in elliptical constructions): You need what? 6. (used interrogatively to inquire the reason or purpose of something, usually used in elliptical constructions): What of it? 7. how much?: What does it cost? 8. (used relatively to indicate that which): I will send what was promised. 9. whatever; anything that: Say what you please. Come what may. 10. the kind of thing or person that: He said what everyone expected he would. They are just what I was expecting. 11. as much as; as many as: We should each give what we can. 12. the thing or fact that (used in parenthetic clauses): He went to the meeting and, what was worse, insisted on speaking. 13. (used to indicate more to follow, additional possibilities, alternatives, etc.): You know what? Shall we go or what? 14. (used as an intensifier in exclamatory phrases, often fol. by an indefinite article): What luck! What an idea! 15. Brit. don't you agree?: An unusual chap, what? 16. Nonstandard. that; which; who: She's the one what told me. 17. Say what? Slang. (used esp. among teenagers) What's that you say? Would you repeat that? 18. So what? Informal. (an expression of disinterest, disinclination, or contempt.) 19. what have you, other things of the same kind; so forth: money, jewels, stocks, and what have you. 20. what for, why: What are you doing that for? a punishment or scolding. 21. what if, what would be the outcome if; suppose that: What if everyone who was invited comes? 22. what it takes, something that enables one to achieve success or attain a desired end, as good looks, ability, or money: There's a young woman who has what it takes to get along in the world. 23. what's what, Informal. the true situation; all the facts: It's high time you told him what's what. n.24. the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation. adj.25. (used interrogatively before nouns): What news? What clothes shall I pack? 26. whatever: Take what supplies you need. adv.27. to what extent or degree? how much?: What does it matter? 28. (used to introduce a prepositional phrase beginning with with): What with storms and all, their return was delayed. 29. Obs. for what reason or purpose? why? interj.30. (used in exclamatory expressions, often fol. by a question): What, no salt? conj.31. Older Use. as much as; as far as: He helps me what he can. 32. but what, Informal. but that; but who; who or that ... not: Who knows but what the sun may still shine.. 
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(241) From now on, I will expect nothing, and just take what I get.
(242) Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
(243) Imagine Robert Redford when he was young - that's what John looks like.
(244) It might seem funny but I tell you what, getting stuck up a tree is no laughing matter.
(245) Tell you what. Why don't you come to my house now?
(246) There's no need for anyone to tell you what to do next - you're old enough to use your own discretion.
(247) Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds.
(248) I wish to dissociate myself from what has just been said.
(249) Time is luck. So don't waste it living someone else's life, make yours count for something. Fight for what matters to you, no matter what.
(250) We don't know what we've got until we lose it.
(251) The happiest people do not necessarily have the best of all.They simply appreciate what they find on their way.
(252) We preferred to remain in blissful ignorance of what was going on .
(253) I think we've discussed everything we need to - by the way, what time is it?
(254) At what age can you start drawing your pension ?
(255) No matter what you're going through , it's always better if you have people to share it with.
(256) It's very difficult to disentangle fact from fiction in what she's saying.
(257) It's a very ordinary movie-I don't know what all the fuss is about .
(258) I've forgotten what I came in here for - I'm such a dimwit!
(259) I'm only going on what I overheard him saying to Chris,(sentencedict.com) but I think he's planning to leave next month.
(260) She had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing.
(261) I had a few minutes before the meeting to look over what he'd written.
(262) Except for what he spent on haircuts,books and daily necessities he never wasted a penny.
(263) It is not quite clear to us what you had in mind.
(264) I figure life is a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You never know what hand you're going to get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you.
(265) Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
(265) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
(266) It's not about what you say, its about what you do.
(267) No matter what time, no matter what may happen, I will never allow yourself a little get disheartened.
(268) Umbrella and raincoats are what people need in rainy days.
(269) Because that desperate love, what I lost you never know.
(270) Love, is own complete, I do not lack of what.
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