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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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(211) What he says is probably true because he has the ear of the Queen.
(212) The greatest revenge is to accomplish what others say you cannot do.
(213) What started as a small business is now a fully-fledged company.
(214) She's due to arrive on Thursday. Meanwhile, what do we do?
(215) This makes it extremely simple to save what you find with an electronic bookmark so you can return to it later.
(216) No one is born a genius.Just keep on doing what you like and that itself is a talent.
(217) I know that love shall not be compared, but I still used to complaining what he is lack of.
(218) Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.
(219) What today will be like is up to me , I get to choose what kind of day I will have.
(220) What does youth have that's worth showing off? Have you ever been old?
(221) We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.
(222) Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
(223) Here she waited for what seemed like an eternity .
(224) They should be sceptical of exaggerated claims for what such courses can achieve.
(225) It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?
(226) These habits of thinking elide the difference between what is common and what is normal.
(227) Our teacher is strict; we have to do what she says.
(228) What you need to do is just to give your suit a quick brush.
(229) What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.
(230) I often wonder what future generations will make of our efforts.
(231) He was too shocked to give an account of what had happened.
(232) And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.
(233) I can remember the thrill of not knowing what I would get on Christmas morning.
(234) It seems that what lay behind the clashes was disagreement over the list of candidates.
(235) Granted that the firm has not broken the law, is the law what it should be?
(235) Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
(236) A true love is what doesn't strive for busyness, for extravagance, for luxury, and moreover for hokum.
(237) Nothing really ever goes as planned.That's what makes life exciting.
(238) She went to the market to sell what she had made.
(239) Life doesn't just happen to you; you receive everything in your life based on what you've given.
(240) She explained to them what to do in an emergency.
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