when

Plural: whens

Adv

• At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
• At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
• Used after a noun or noun phrase in isolation to express impatience with an anticipated future event.
• At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
• At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
• The time at, on or during which.
• A circumstance or situation in which.

Conj

• At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
• During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
• At what time; at which time.
• Since; given the fact that; considering that.
• Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.

Pron

• What time; which time.

Noun

• A particular time or occasion when something happens.
• The time at which something happens.

Intj

• That's enough: a command asking someone to stop adding something, especially an ingredient or portion of food or drink; used in, or as if in, literal response to 'Say when'.
• Expressing impatience.

Examples

• A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
• A player wins when [as soon as, or at any time that, if] she has four cards of the same suit.
• A student is disqualified when [as soon as, if] they cheat.
• Be careful when crossing the street.
• Do you know when they arrived?
• Don't forget to signal when (you are) turning right.
• He keeps changing things when the existing system works perfectly well.
• He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
• I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal.
• I don't know when they arrived.
• I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
• I recall when they were called the Greys.
• I was just walking down the street, when [i.e. at which time] all of a sudden it started to rain.
• I'm happiest when [during the time that, or at any time that] I’m working.
• It was raining when I came yesterday.
• Jose, when he finally managed to go to sleep, had a series of bad dreams.
• Love is when you can't get enough of someone.
• My fridge even restocks itself these days. Glorious AI overlords when?
• Next year is when we elect a new mayor.
• Not a week goes by when I don't mourn that loss.
• Pavlov's dogs salivate when [i.e. at any and every time that] they hear a bell.
• Put your pencil down when [i.e. as soon as, at the moment that] the timer goes off.
• Since when do I need your permission?
• Tank class buff when?
• That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
• The game is over when the referee says it is.
• The site's all bugged. Fix when?
• The ’WHEN’ of playing a high-scoring word is as crucial as the word itself.
• They dream when [i.e. during the time that] they sleep.
• When (you are) angry, count to ten before speaking or acting.
• When [i.e. at any and every time that] he speaks to her, he is always polite.
• When she'd written her letters, she did some gardening.
• When they arrived is unknown.
• When will they arrive?
• You're picking at your scabs when you should be letting them heal.

Synonyms

as soon as, because, but, given that, immediately, once, seeing that, whenever, where, whereas, while, whilst

Anagrams of when