Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adv
Alternative form of what (used to contradict an assumption)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singlish, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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intj
Eye dialect spelling of what.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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pron
Eye dialect spelling of what.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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verb
To know (in the sense of knowing a fact).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
first-person singular present indicative of wit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular
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verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of wit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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History
Representing pronunciation.
From Middle English woten, from Old English weotan. An extension of the present-tense form of wit (verb) to apply to all forms.
From wit, in return from Old English witan.
