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{
"term": "how",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "in what way or manner",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "How does it work?"
},
{
"text": "He did not know how he ought to behave."
},
{
"text": "I'll show you how to load the software."
},
{
"text": "‘Her behaviour was very odd.’ ‘**How so?**’"
},
{
"text": "It's funny how *(= that)* people always remember him."
},
{
"text": "Do you **remember how** *(= that)* the kids always loved going there?"
},
{
"text": "**How ever** did you get here so quickly?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to ask about somebody’s health or how well things are going for them",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**How are you?**"
},
{
"text": "How are you feeling now?"
},
{
"text": "Hey, **how are you doing**?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to ask whether something is successful or fun",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "How was your trip?"
},
{
"text": "How did they play?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used before an adjective or adverb to ask about the amount, degree, etc. of something, or about somebody’s age",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**How often** do you go swimming?"
},
{
"text": "I didn't know how much to bring."
},
{
"text": "**How much** are those earrings *(= What do they cost)*?"
},
{
"text": "**How many** people were there?"
},
{
"text": "How old is she?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used to express surprise, pleasure, etc.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "How kind of you to help!"
},
{
"text": "How he wished he had been there!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "in any way in which",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'll dress how I like in my own house!"
}
],
"synonyms": "however"
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used when asking for information about somebody/something",
"cefr": "a1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm not going. How about you?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to make a suggestion",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "How about a break?"
},
{
"text": "How about going for a meal?"
},
{
"text": "How about we go for a meal?"
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that you think somebody’s behaviour is very bad or are very surprised by it",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Ben! How could you? After all they've done for us!"
},
{
"text": "Ugh! How can you eat that stuff?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say you do not understand how something can happen and would like an explanation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘I think you owe me some money.’ ‘How come?’"
},
{
"text": "If she spent five years in Paris, how come her French is so bad?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used as a formal greeting when you meet somebody for the first time. The usual reply is also How do you do?",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to ask the reason for something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘I left work early today.’ ‘How's that *(= Why)*?’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used when asking somebody’s opinion of something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'll tuck your sheets in for you. How's that? Comfortable?"
},
{
"text": "Two o'clock on the dot! **How's that for** punctuality!"
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/haʊ/",
"audio": "ho/how/how__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/haʊ/",
"audio": "ho/how/how__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hū, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoe, also to who and what."
}