why

noun

1. That which provides a reason or justification: call, cause, ground (often used in plural), justification, necessity, occasion, reason, wherefore. Idioms: why and wherefore. See start/end.
2. A fact or circumstance that gives logical support to an assertion, claim, or proposal: argument, ground (often used in plural), proof, reason, wherefore. Idioms: why and wherefore. See reason/unreason.
3. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See planned/unplanned, purpose/purposelessness.

Many explanations answer the question why something happened, and one view of good explanations is that the only feature they have in common is that of being satisfactory answers to some why-question, as asked by some person in some situation.

IN BRIEF: For what reason.

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? — Steven Wright (1955-), Canadian comedian.

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - hvorfor
int. - åh!, ih!, jo for, jamen, ved du hvad?
n. - hvorfor
conj. - hvorfor

Nederlands (Dutch)
waarom, uitdrukking van verbazing

Français (French)
adv. - pourquoi (interrogatif), pourquoi (pour suggérer), pourquoi (de défiance, de colère), à quoi ça
int. - mais (excl) (arch)
n. - le pourquoi
conj. - pour ça, pourquoi, la raison pour laquelle

Deutsch (German)
adv. - warum, wozu
conj. - warum
n. - Warum
int. - nun gut

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - γιατί;, για ποιο λόγο;, που, γιατί, μπα; για κοίτα!
conj. - διότι, επειδή, γι' αυτό
n. - το γιατί, ο λόγος, η αιτία

Italiano (Italian)
perché

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - por quê? (interrog.), porque (relat.)
conj. - porque
n. - motivo (m)

Русский (Russian)
почему, отчего, по какой причине, на каком основании, а что, почему вы спрашиваете

Español (Spanish)
adv. - ¿por qué?, para qué?, a qué?
int. - toma!, pues
n. - porqué, causa, enigma
conj. - porque, por lo cual

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - varför
conj. - ja men..., nå
n. - anledning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
为什么, 原因, 理由, 因此

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 為什麼
int. - 為什麼
n. - 原因, 理由
conj. - 因此

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 왜, 어째서
int. - 아니, 저런, 어머, 뭐라고, 에, 저
n. - 이유, 까닭, 어째서'라는 질문
conj. - ~하는 이유

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - …するところの, なぜ, どうして
int. - おや, なに, まあ, えーっと, でも, だって, さあ
n. - 理由

idioms:

• whys and wherefores    理由

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) لماذا, لما (حرف عطف) لماذا, لأي سبب (الاسم) سبب, لغز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮למה?, מדוע?, הסיבה שבגללה, על איזה בסיס?‬
int. - ‮קריאה המבטאת הפתעה, חוסר-סבלנות, הרהור, התנגדות‬
n. - ‮סיבה או הסבר‬
conj. - ‮למה?, מדוע?, זו הסיבה לכך‬

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