(pron., a., & adv.) As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?
(pron., a., & adv.) As an exclamatory word: -- (a) Used absolutely or independently; -- often with a question following.
(pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!
(pron., a., & adv.) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!
(pron., a., & adv.) As a relative pronoun
(pron., a., & adv.) Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative.
(pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.
(pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.
(pron., a., & adv.) Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely.
(pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.
(n.) Something; thing; stuff.
(interrog. adv.) Why? For what purpose? On what account?
Example Sentences:
Whatness
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The government in Belgium will take a lot of notice of whats happened here today.
(2) The home secretary insists they will not be used to show which medical sites or mental health sites suspects have visited but to identify communication services they have used, such as Whats-App, and any illegal sites visited, such as images of child abuse and also to link their device to particular sites.
(3) She added: "We all know that the stories which catch the headlines can be far from typical – we need a full analysis of the whos, the whats and the whys so that future decisions are based on reality rather than everyone just cherry-picking the evidence to support what they always wanted anyway."
(4) It's whats London has always done over the last few centuries.
(5) "He didn't deal with the whats and hows, but he certainly explained the why," said one former cabinet member.
(6) I won’t be ordering till I see whats up with SR2.0 in the upcoming months, something tells me not to be so quick to jump on board,” said another user on the Silk Road 2.0 forums.
(7) Primary Submitter: NO Swiss Franc Trader: should have pushed the door harder Primary Submitter: Whats it worth Swiss Franc Trader: ive got some sushi rolls from yesterday?
(8) They can't shut BBC 6 Music", another responded: "whats all this about 6 music.
(9) George Christensen welcomes Reclaim Australia split, rejecting 'anti-Muslim' element Read more The United Patriots Front has embraced the image, describing the officer as a “patriot”, and saying the “police on the ground know whats [sic] up”, SBS reported .
(10) We need to communicate and have access to the same information - what's working, whats not.
(11) I don't get it and it highlights whats tragic about this country........we are seriously thinking of moving abroad.
(12) I am trying to make my chefs at the new place understand the whys and whats.
(13) tiredbunny 15 December 2013 8:18pm Whats this about bacon face Ferguson getting a special diamond award.