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How Definition–adverb | 1. | in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen? |
| 2. | to what extent, degree, etc.?: How damaged is the car? |
| 3. | in what state or condition?: How are you? |
| 4. | for wha
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| 5. | to what effect; with what meaning?: How is one to interpret his action? |
| 6. | what?: How do you mean? If they don't have vanilla, how about chocolate? |
| 7. | (used as an intensifier): How seldom I go there! |
| 8. | by what title or name?: How does one address the president? |
| 9. | at what price: How are the new cars going, cheaper than last year's models? |
| 10. | by what amount or in what measure or quantity?: How do you sell these tomatoes? |
| 11. | in what form or shape?: How does the demon appear in the first act of the opera? How does the medication come? |
–conjunction | 12. | the manner or way in which: He couldn't figure out how to solve the problem. |
| 13. | about the manner, condition, or way in which: I don't care how you leave your desk when you go. Be careful how you act. |
| 14. | in whatever manner or way; however: You can travel how you please. |
| 15. | Informal. that: He told us how he was honest and could be trusted. |
–noun | 16. | a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.: a child's unending whys and hows. |
| 17. | a way or manner of doing something: to consider all the hows and wherefores. |
| 18. | a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter H. |
—Idioms| 19. | and how! Informal. certainly! you bet!: Am I happy? And how! |
| 20. | Here's how, Informal. (used as a toast). |
| 21. | how come? Informal. how is it that? why?: How come you never visit us anymore? |
| 22. | how so? how does it happen to be so? why?: You haven't any desire to go? How so? |
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Buy Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, esp. in money; purchase. |
| 2. | to acquire by exchange or concession: to buy favor with flattery. |
| 3. | to hire or obtain the services of: The Yankees bought a new center fielder. |
| 4. | to bribe: Most public officials cannot be bought. |
| 5. | to be the monetary or purchasing equivalent of: Ten dollars buys less than it used to. |
| 6. | Chiefly Theology. to redeem; ransom. |
| 7. | Cards. to draw or be dealt (a card): He bought an ace. |
| 8. | Informal. | a. | to accept or believe: I don't buy that explanation. |
| b. | to be deceived by: He bought the whole story. |
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–noun | 10. | an act or instance of buying. |
| 11. | something bought or to be bought; purchase: That coat was a sensible buy. |
| 12. | a bargain: The couch was a real buy. |
—Verb phrases| 13. | buy down, to lower or reduce (the mortgage interest rate) by means of a buy-down. |
| 14. | buy in, | a. | to buy a supply of; accumulate a stock of. |
| b. | to buy back one's own possession at an auction. |
Also, buy into. |
| 15. | buy into, to purchase a share, interest, or membership in: They tried to buy into the club but were not accepted. |
| 16. | buy off, to get rid of (a claim, opposition, etc.) by payment; purchase the noninterference of; bribe: The corrupt official bought off those who might expose him. |
| 17. | buy out, to secure all of (an owner or partner's) share or interest in an enterprise: She bought out an established pharmacist and is doing very well. |
| 18. | buy up, to buy as much as one can of something or as much as is offered for sale: He bought up the last of the strawberries at the fruit market. |
—Idiom| 19. | buy it, Slang. to get killed: He bought it at Dunkirk. |
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Used Definition–adjective | 1. | previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car. |
| 2. | showing wear or being worn out. |
| 3. | employed for a purpose; utilized. |
—Idiom| 4. | used to, accustomed or habituated to: I'm not used to cold weather. They weren't used to getting up so early. |
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Car Definition–noun
| 2. | a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car. |
| 3. | the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc. |
| 4. | British Dialect. any wheeled veh
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| 5. | Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph. |
| 6. | Archaic. cart; carriage. |
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