when

UK /ˈwɛn/ US /ˈwɛn/
adv 5conj 5intj 2pron 1noun 1

Definitions

adv

1

At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

When will they arrive?

Do you know when they arrived?

2

At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

The site's all bugged. Fix when?

Tank class buff when?

3

At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.

He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.

4

At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.

Not a week goes by when I don't mourn that loss.

5

The time at, on or during which.

I recall when they were called the Greys.

Next year is when we elect a new mayor.

conj

1

At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.

Pavlov's dogs salivate when [i.e. at any and every time that] they hear a bell.

When [i.e. at any and every time that] he speaks to her, he is always polite.

2

During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.

They dream when [i.e. during the time that] they sleep.

I'm happiest when [during the time that, or at any time that] I’m working.

3

At what time; at which time.

I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal.

I was just walking down the street, when [i.e. at which time] all of a sudden it started to rain.

4

Since; given the fact that; considering that.

I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.

5

Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.

You're picking at your scabs when you should be letting them heal.

He keeps changing things when the existing system works perfectly well.

pron

1

What time; which time.

Since when do I need your permission?

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