what
used to ask for information about something
How often you will meet it
Rank 46 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 639,157 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.304% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
pronoun
- used to ask for information about something
- the thing or things that
determiner
- used to ask which thing or kind
what in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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What means this crowd of men And women here in peaceful Bethlehem?
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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I never know where my wife is, and my wife never knows what I am doing.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The man with him was a stranger, and Jason understood better now what was going on.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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The step-mother likewise, what could she do, even had she recognized and felt all that the children's behavior implied?
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Followed by his sponsor he obeys and what happens at the room no one but the men of the society know.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1