Dictionary Entry
while
while is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, conjunction, and preposition in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent.
- 2noun
That which requires time; labor; pains.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away.
- 4intransitive verb
To loiter.
- 5conjunction
During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you sleep.
- 6conjunction
Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas.
- 7preposition
Until; till.
- 8noun
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
"he was here for a little while"
"I need to rest for a piece"
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