Definitions for HOW

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HOW how

Spelling: [hou]

IPA: /haʊ/

How is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 11 anagrams from letters in HOW (how).

Definitions for HOW

noun

1. a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.:
2. a way or manner of doing something:
3. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter H.
4. a hole.
5. the hold of a ship.
6. a hollow; dell.

Idioms

1. and how!, Informal. certainly! you bet!:
2. Here's how, Informal. (used as a toast).
3. how come?, Informal. how is it that? why?:
4. how so?, how does it happen to be so? why?:

adverb

1. in what way or manner; by what means?:
2. to what extent, degree, etc.?:
3. in what state or condition?:
4. for what reason; why?:
5. to what effect; with what meaning?:
6. what?:
7. (used as an intensifier):
8. by what title or name?:
9. at what price:
10. by what amount or in what measure or quantity?:
11. in what form or shape?:

adjective

1. hollow.
2. deep.

conjunction

1. the manner or way in which:
2. about the manner, condition, or way in which:
3. in whatever manner or way; however:
4. Informal. that:

interjection

1. (used as a greeting in imitation of American Indian speech.)

noun, adjective

1. howe.

Origin of HOW

before 900; Middle English how, hu, Old English hū; cognate with Old Frisian hū, ho, Dutch hoe; akin to German wie (Old High German hweo), Gothic hwaiwa