When
/ʍɛn/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of When
noun
adverb
- (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
"Do you know when they arrived?"
- At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
"He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when."
- (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
"That was the day when the Twin Towers fell."
pronoun
conjunction
- At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
"A player wins when [as soon as, or at any time that, if] she has four cards of the same suit."
- During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
"Be careful when crossing the street."
- At what time; at which time.
"I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal."
- Since; given the fact that; considering that.
"I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them."
- Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.
"He keeps changing things when the existing system works perfectly well."
interjection
- That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
- Expressing impatience. (Compare what.)
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as soon asimmediatelyoncewheneverwhilewhilstgiven thatseeing thatbutwherewhereas