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List phrases that spell out why
We found 40 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word why:
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 General (33 matching dictionaries)
- why: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- why: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
- why: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
- why, why: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
- why: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- WHy, Why, Why, why: Wordnik [home, info]
- why: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
- why: Wiktionary [home, info]
- why: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- why: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- why: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- why: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- why: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- why: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- why: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- why: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- why: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
- Why (3T song), Why (Annie Lennox song), Why (Carly Simon song), Why (DJ Sammy song), Why (Frankie Avalon song), Why (Gabrielle song), Why (Godsmack song), Why (Jadakiss song), Why (Jason Aldean song), Why (Ken Hirai), Why (Lionel Richie Song), Why (Mario song), Why (Sonique song), Why (T3 song), Why (Tony Sheridan song), Why (band), Why (board game), Why (disambiguation), Why (single), Why (song), Why, Why: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Why: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- why: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- why: Rhymezone [home, info]
- why: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- why: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- WHY: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms [home, info]
- why: All About Homonyms [home, info]
- why: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- why: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- why: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- why: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- why: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- why: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
- why: online medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
- WHY: Acronym Finder [home, info]
- WHY: Three Letter Words with definitions [home, info]
- WHY: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
- why: Idioms [home, info]
Science (1 matching dictionary)
- Why: Misunderstood Physics Terms [home, info]
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- WHY, Why: Urban Dictionary [home, info]
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Quick definitions from Macmillan ()
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Quick definitions from WordNet (why)
▸ noun: the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
▸ adverb: question word; what is the reason (`how come' is a nonstandard variant) ( "Why are you here?")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #66501)
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