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I . what [(h)wɒt] PRON

1. what:

kaj
what is your name?
what are you looking for?
what on earth ...? inf
kaj zaboga ...?
what about sb/sth? inf
what about taking a few days off?
what for? (why)
what is sb/sth like?
what if ...?
kaj pa, če ...?
so what? inf

2. what relative (thing or things that):

I can't decide what to do next
what's more ...
poleg tega ...

3. what relative (used as an introduction):

you'll never guess what ...

4. what relative (whatever):

what
kar

5. what in exclamations:

what
kaj
is he smart or what!
to have what it takes
and what not often pej inf

II . what [(h)wɒt] ADJ

1. what (which):

what
what
what time is it?
what sort of

2. what (used for emphasis):

what
what a day!
what luck!
what a pity!

III . what [(h)wɒt] ADV (to what extent?)

what
what
what does it matter?

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The method of brandishing the eye-glass was usually a forerunner of what sort of retort was coming.
en.wikipedia.org
If your five-year-old body and your seventy-year-old body consist of different matter, then what makes them the same body?
en.wikipedia.org
Divorces were frowned upon, no matter what the provocation, and a man who was sued at law, particularly upon his promissory note, was almost disgraced in the public mind.
en.wikipedia.org
If one wanted to know what the conditions were like in a battery chicken farm, they are easy to discover.
news.nationalpost.com
It also shows what happens when central banks rig up an economy.
www.dailyreckoning.com.au
This is a celebration of what really can happen for every school in the country and beyond - every hospital, every old people's home, every business.
www.dailymail.co.uk
You know what that means: the internet has transformed into a pukey, undead pile of spoilers.
www.kotaku.com.au
The feebleness of the media in guiding us through this is particularly reprehensible, because much of what we need to know is happening here at home.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The opposite approach is known as semasiology: here one starts with a word and asks what it means, or what concepts the word refers to.
en.wikipedia.org
For starters, establish what your likely state pension entitlement would be.
www.telegraph.co.uk

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