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 what reason; why?: How can you talk such nonsense? | | 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 yo
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u 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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Write Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board. | | 2. | to express or communicate in writing; give a written account of. | | 3. | to fill in the blank spaces of (a printed form) with writing: to write a check. | | 4. | to execute or produce by setting down words, figures, etc.: to write two copies of a letter. | | 5. | to compose and produce in words or characters duly set down: to write a letter to a friend. | | 6. | to produce as author or composer: to write a sonnet; to write a symphony. | | 7. | to trace significant characters on, or mark or cover with writing. | | 8. | to cause to be apparent or unmistakable: Honesty is written on his face. | | 9. | Computers. to transfer (information, data, programs, etc.) from storage to secondary storage or an output medium. | | 10. | Stock Exchange. to sell (options). | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to trace or form characters, words, etc., with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means, or as a pen or the like does: He writes with a pen. | | 13. | to write as a profession or occupation: She writes for the Daily Inquirer. | | 14. | to express ideas in writing. | | 15. | to write a let
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ter or letters, or communicate by letter: Write if you get work. | | 16. | to compose or work as a writer or author. | | 17. | Computers. to write into a secondary storage device or output medium. | —Verb phrases | 18. | write down, | a. | to set down in writing; record; note. | | b. | to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience: He writes down to the public. | | | 19. | write in, | a. | to vote for (a candidate not listed on the ballot) by writing his or her name on the ballot. | | b. | to include in or add to a text by writing: Do not write in corrections on the galley. | | c. | to request something by mail: If interested, please write in for details. | | | 20. | write off, | a. | to cancel an entry in an account, as an unpaid and uncollectable debt. | | b. | to regard as worthless, lost, obsolete, etc.; decide to forget: to write off their bad experience. | | c. | to amortize: The new equipment was written off in three years. | | | 21. | write out, | b. | to write in full form; state completely. | | c. | to exhaust the capacity or resources of by excessive writing: He's just another author who has written himself out. | | | 22. | write up, | a. | to put into writing, esp. in full detail: Write up a report. | | b. | to present to public notice in a written description or account. | | c. | Accounting. to make an excessive valuation of (an asset). | | |
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Essay Definition–noun | 1. | a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative. | | 2. | anything resembling such a composition: a picture essay. | | 3. | an effort to perform or accomplish something; attempt. | | 4. | Philately. a design for a proposed stamp differing in any way from the design of the stamp as issued. | | 5. | Obsolete. a tentative effort; trial; assay. | –verb (used with object) | 7. | to put to the test; make trial of. | |
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