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When has 5 different meanings across 3 categories:

Conj · Pron · Intj

Definitions
Noun
1

The time at which something happens.

Adverb
1

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

Conj
1

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

Pron
1

What time; which time.

Intj
1

That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink -- referring to say when.

See Also
birthday time dream how as five w's when'd roar
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Origin

The word "when" comes from Old English hwonne, which originally meant "at what time." It traces its roots back to the Proto-Indo-European interrogative base kʷís.

Rhyming Words
hen then zhen shen chen gehen behen cohen kohen ashen sehen sephen fishen nowhen kuchen machen goshen poshen hyphen eichen
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