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(hou) pronunciation
adv.
  1. In what manner or way; by what means: How does this machine work?
  2. In what state or condition: How is she today?
  3. To what extent, amount, or degree: How bad was it?
  4. For what reason or purpose; why: How is it that he left early?
  5. With what meaning: How should I take that remark?
  6. By what name: How is she called?
  7. By what measure; in what units: How do you sell this corn?
  8. What. Usually used in requesting that something be said again: How's that again?
  9. Used as an intensive: How we laughed!
conj.
  1. The manner or way in which: forgot how it was done.
  2. That.
  3. In whatever way or manner; however: Cook it how you please.
n.
A manner or method of doing something: "The how of research is generated by the why of the world" (Frederick Turner).

idioms:

and how Informal.

  1. Most certainly; you bet: She's a good dancer, and how!
how about
  1. What is your thought, feeling, or desire regarding: How about a cup of tea? How about that storm last night?
how about that Informal.
  1. Used rhetorically to express surprise or wonder at or approval for something.
how come Informal.
  1. How is it that; why: How come you're so late?
how so
  1. How is it so: You say the answer is wrong. How so?

[Middle English howe, from Old English .]


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: In what way. Also: In what condition.

pronunciation To know how to laugh is to know how to reign. — Unknown

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adv. - hvordan, hvorledes, hvor, hvad
conj. - hvordan, hvorledes, hvor, hvad
n. - måde noget skal gøres på, metode

idioms:

  • and how    mon ikke
  • how about    hvad med
  • how come    hvordan kan det være
  • How do you mean?    hvad mener du
  • how so    hvordan det, hvorfor det

2.
int. - Hau!

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoe, wat

Français (French)
1.
adv. - comme, quel, comment, combien, qu'est-ce que (excl), comme c'est (excl), comment/pourquoi, comment se fait-il, que, qu'il/ils/elle/elles
conj. - comme, quel, comment, combien
n. - le comment (de qch)

idioms:

  • and how    et comment (excl)
  • how about    pourquoi, que diriez-vous de?
  • how about that    que dites-vous/diriez-vous de cela?
  • how come    pourquoi, comment se fait-il?
  • how do you do?    enchanté (salutations)
  • How do you mean?    que voulez-vous dire?
  • how do?    enchanté (salutations)
  • how so    comment ça

2.
int. - (US) salut

Deutsch (German)
1.
adv. - wie
conj. - wie
n. - Wie

idioms:

  • and how    sicher, bestimmt
  • how about    wie ist es mit
  • how about that    na, wie ist das?/was sagst du nun?, was hältst du davon?
  • how come    wieso, weshalb
  • how do you do?    wie geht es Ihnen?
  • How do you mean?    Was soll das heißen?
  • how do?    Morgen/Tag/'n Abend! (ugs.)
  • how so    wieso das

2.
int. - hau (indian. Begrüßung)

Ελληνική (Greek)
conj. - πως, με ποιο τρόπο
adv. - πώς, με ποιο τρόπο ή μέσο, πόσο
n. - τρόπος (με τον οποίο γίνεται κάτι)
int. - γεια!

idioms:

  • and how    ασφαλώς, και πολύ μάλιστα!
  • how about    τι θα 'λεγες για
  • how come    πώς (έτσι) και, πώς συμβαίνει/συνέβη να, πώς αυτό;
  • How do you mean?    τι θες να πεις;
  • how so    πώς γίνεται;

Italiano (Italian)
come, quanto

idioms:

  • how about    che ne dici
  • how come    come mai?
  • How do you mean?    che cosa vuoi dire?
  • how so    come può essere?

Português (Portuguese)
conj. - como
adv. - como, de que maneira, por que
n. - como, pergunta que começa com "how"
int. - saudação (f) jocosa imitando índio

idioms:

  • and how    e como
  • how about    que tal
  • how come    que passou
  • How do you mean?    O que você quer dizer?
  • how so    como assim

Русский (Russian)
как, каким образом

idioms:

  • and how    еще бы!
  • how about    как насчет
  • how come    почему так выходит
  • How do you mean?    что вы хотите сказать
  • how so    как так

Español (Spanish)
1.
adv. - cuán, qué, cómo, cuánto
conj. - cómo
n. - la pregunta con respecto a la forma en la que algo se hace o se logra, forma de hacer algo

idioms:

  • and how    ¡y cómo!, ¡y tanto!
  • how about    ¿qué te parece si...?
  • how about that    ¿qué te parece si...?, qué tal!
  • how come    ¿cómo es eso?, ¿cómo es que...?
  • how do you do?    cómo está?
  • How do you mean?    ¿cómo es el asunto?, ¿a qué se refiere...?
  • how do?    cómo?
  • how so    ¿cómo es posible?

2.
int. - saludo de los indígenas norteamericanos

Svenska (Swedish)
conj. - att
adv. - hur
n. - sättet att göra, rätt sätt
int. - vad?, så!, hur?

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
如何, 多少, 怎样, 方式

idioms:

  • and how    当然啦!那还用说
  • how about    你认为...怎样
  • how come    怎么会...?, 为什么...?
  • How do you mean?    你的用意为何?, 你是什么意思?
  • how so    怎么会这样, 为何如此, 为什么

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 如何, 多少, 怎樣
conj. - 如何
n. - 方式

idioms:

  • and how    當然啦!那還用說
  • how about    你認為...怎樣
  • how come    怎麼會...?, 為什麼...?
  • How do you mean?    你的用意為何?, 你是什麼意思?
  • how so    怎麼會這樣, 為何如此, 為什麼

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adv. - 어떻게, ~하는 방법, 어느 정도, 어떤 이유로
conj. - 어떻게 해서든지, ~라고 하는 것
n. - 방법

2.
int. - 얼마나, 참으로

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - …である次第, どのように, どんなふうに, どれほど, どうにでも…ように, まあ, なぜ, どのようにして, どの位, 何と
n. - やり方, 方法
int. - やあ

idioms:

  • and how    おおいに, 全くそのとおり
  • how about    ~はどうですか
  • How are you keeping?    ご機嫌いかがですか
  • how come    どうして
  • How do you mean?    どういう意味ですか
  • How say you?    判決を求めます
  • how so    どうしてそうなる
  • how the wind blows    世の趨勢

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف عطف) كيفما (ظرف) كيف ? , لماذا ? , كم إلى أي درجه أو مدى ? , بكم بأي ثمن ? (الاسم) سؤال عن الطريقه, طريقه (نداء) نعم بالتأكيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮איך, כיצד, באיזו מידה‬
conj. - ‮ש- (מדוברת)‬
n. - ‮אופן עשיית דבר‬
int. - ‮מילת ברכה כחיקוי לדיבור אינדיאני‬


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