✳ why (adv)
Sounds:
- /ʍaɪ/
- /waɪ/
why (adv) senses:
1. Introducing a complete question.
2. With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion.
3. Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause).
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Sounds:
- /ʍaɪ/
- /waɪ/
why (adv) senses:
1. Introducing a complete question.
2. With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion.
3. Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause).
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✳ why (noun)
Forms:
- whys (plural)
- why's (plural)
- whies (plural)
why (noun) senses:
1. Reason.
2. (UK, dialect, archaic) A young heifer.
Forms:
- whys (plural)
- why's (plural)
- whies (plural)
why (noun) senses:
1. Reason.
2. (UK, dialect, archaic) A young heifer.
✳ why (intj)
why (intj) senses:
1. (dated or literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.
why (intj) senses:
1. (dated or literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.
💡 Example 💡 toggler
toggler (noun): No one else had really understood how to operate the automatic toggler; and xyz Company had no service agreement or other contract with the manufacturer. So the toggler was pushed into the stationery cupboard, where it remained until the company went bankrupt a few years later.
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toggler (noun): No one else had really understood how to operate the automatic toggler; and xyz Company had no service agreement or other contract with the manufacturer. So the toggler was pushed into the stationery cupboard, where it remained until the company went bankrupt a few years later.
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🗣 Conversation 🗣
Sydney felt so bad about the poor people and gave them a ton of money right away.
- (Sydney) Hold up--I'm going to talk to them.
- Don't talk with those homeless people.
- I can't help it. They are so poor, I feel bad for them.
- I can't believe you just gave each of them twenty dollars.
- I can afford it. Don't you feel sorry for them?
- They'll probably just use the money for drugs and alcohol.
Sydney felt so bad about the poor people and gave them a ton of money right away.
- (Sydney) Hold up--I'm going to talk to them.
- Don't talk with those homeless people.
- I can't help it. They are so poor, I feel bad for them.
- I can't believe you just gave each of them twenty dollars.
- I can afford it. Don't you feel sorry for them?
- They'll probably just use the money for drugs and alcohol.
✳ approve (verb)
Sounds:
- /əˈpɹuːv/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Forms:
- approves (present, singular, third-person)
- approving (participle, present)
- approved (participle, past)
- approved (past)
- approve (infinitive)
approve (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
2. (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
3. (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
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Sounds:
- /əˈpɹuːv/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Forms:
- approves (present, singular, third-person)
- approving (participle, present)
- approved (participle, past)
- approved (past)
- approve (infinitive)
approve (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
2. (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
3. (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
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💡 Example 💡 nickle
nickle (noun): On top of the card place a dime or nickle; this should be exactly over the tip of the finger and in the middle of the card.
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nickle (noun): On top of the card place a dime or nickle; this should be exactly over the tip of the finger and in the middle of the card.
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🗣 Conversation 🗣
- Thank you for agreeing to come in and meet with us today.
- Thank you for inviting me.
- I can see from your resume you were in charge of sales for Corporate World Unlimited from 1997 to 1999. Can you please tell me about your responsibilities?
- Yes. I was in charge of profit and loss for the northwest region of Canada. As a manager, I was directly responsible for a 50 % increase in sales over a four-month period.
- What, do you believe, are some of the key attributes that helped you to achieve such an outstanding increase in sales?
- I believe persistence and perseverance are key attributes.
- Thank you for agreeing to come in and meet with us today.
- Thank you for inviting me.
- I can see from your resume you were in charge of sales for Corporate World Unlimited from 1997 to 1999. Can you please tell me about your responsibilities?
- Yes. I was in charge of profit and loss for the northwest region of Canada. As a manager, I was directly responsible for a 50 % increase in sales over a four-month period.
- What, do you believe, are some of the key attributes that helped you to achieve such an outstanding increase in sales?
- I believe persistence and perseverance are key attributes.
🌜 Future Simple 🌛
By next month, the company will unveil its latest line of eco-friendly products.
By next month, the company will unveil its latest line of eco-friendly products.