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when

/wɛn/

US pronunciation
American sound/wɛn/
when
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Myanmar meaning

(adv) ဘယ်တော့။မည်သည့်အချိန်။ (conj) တုန်းက။သောအခါ။အခိုက်။သည့်အတွက်။ (pron) ဘယ်အချိန်

Full entry

when /wen/ interrog adv

ဘယ်တုန်းက။ ဘယ်တော့။ မည်သည့် အချိန်။ When can you come? ❍ When did he die? ❍ I don't know when he died. ❍ When were you living in Spain?
rel adv
၁။ (အချိန်၊ နေ့၊ ရက်၊ လ နောက်၌သုံးသည်။ ) …သည့် (နေ့၊ ရက်၊ အချိန်)။ Sunday is the day when I can relax. ❍ There are times when I wonder why I do this job. ❍ It was the sort of morning when everything goes wrong.
၂။ သောအချိန်။ သောအခါ။ The last time I went to Scotland was in May, when the weather was beautiful.
pron ဘယ်အချိန်။ ဘယ်အခါ။ Until when can you stay? ❍ I saw her last Friday, since when I've phoned her twice.
conj
၁။ သောအခါ။ တုန်းက။ သည့်အခိုက်။ It was raining when we arrived. ❍ When he saw me, he waved. ❍ When I'm in London, I usually go to the theatre.
၂။ သည့်အတွက်။ ရကား။ How can they expect to learn anything when they never listen. ဘယ်တုန်းကမှ နား မထောင်တာ ဘာသွားတတ်မလဲ။
၃။ လျက်နှင့်။ သော်လည်း။ ပေမဲ့။ She claimed to be 18, when I know she's only 16.

More examples
  • When will we know our test results?
  • When did the trouble start?
  • I asked him when he was going to start work.
  • ‘You’ll get your money back.’ ‘Yes, but when?’
  • [since when] : Since when have you been in charge of the project?
  • When should I end a letter with ‘Yours sincerely’?
  • When is it OK to hug someone that you’ve just met?
  • He didn’t say when they would leave.
  • It is important to know when you have had enough to drink.
  • When it stops raining, I’ll show you the garden.
  • I always wear a hat when I work in the garden.
  • [when doing something] : She was often nervous when facing the camera.
  • She claims she was at a friend’s house when the shooting took place.
  • The biggest surprise for Josie was when she was chosen as team captain.
  • [the time/day/year etc when] : Do you remember the time when we took your mother camping?
  • There are some days when everything seems to go wrong.
  • Why does she always drive to work when she could easily take the train?
  • He went on protesting his innocence when he was obviously guilty.
  • We use ‘an’ when the next word begins with a vowel.
  • Tonic water makes a refreshing drink when served with ice and lemon.
Synonyms
at what time, what time, a while later, after, after a while, after while, albeit, all along, all the while, although, as soon as, at, at the same time, at the same time as, at the time, by and by, coming after, coming next, directly after, during, following, for the time being, howbeit, immediately upon, in pursuit, in search of, in the course of, in the interim, in the meanwhile, in the middle of, in the time of, in the wake of, just after, just as, later on, meanwhile, much as, next off, on the scent, once, seriate, the minute, the time between, the whole time, though, whereas, while
Antonyms
before
Cross references
at what timewhat timea while laterafterafter a whileafter whilealbeitall alongall the whilealthoughas soon asatat the same timeat the same time asat the timeby and bycoming aftercoming nextdirectly afterduringfollowingfor the time beinghowbeitimmediately uponin pursuitin search ofin the course ofin the interim
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