how
adverb/haʊ/
Frequency rank: #58 most common English word
Meaning
Used to ask about the way or manner in which something is done.
Example sentence
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More words in ranks 1–100
- getTo receive, obtain, or come to have something.
- wouldUsed to say what might happen or be true in an imagined situation.
- sheA female person or animal already mentioned.
- newRecently made, bought, created, or discovered.
- peopleHuman beings in general, or a group of them.
- someAn amount or number that is not stated exactly.
- alsoIn addition; as well; too.
- themThe people or things already mentioned, used as the object of a verb.
- nowAt the present moment or time.
- otherDifferent from the one already mentioned, or the remaining one of two.