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What (who) is from when till when - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
When?; When (disambiguation); When (single); When (song); WHEN
when
¦ interrogative adverb
1. at what time.
how soon.
2. in what circumstances.
¦ related adverb at which time or in which situation.
¦ conjunction
1. at or during the time that.
at any time that; whenever.
2. after which; and just then.
3. in view of the fact that; considering that.
4. although; whereas.
Origin
OE hwanne, hwenne; of Gmc origin.
when
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use when to ask questions about the time at which things happen.
When are you going home?...
When is the press conference?...
When were you in this house last?...
'I'll be there this afternoon.'-'When?'
QUEST
2.
If something happens when something else is happening, the two things are happening at the same time.
When eating a whole cooked fish, you should never turn it over to get at the flesh on the other side...
Mustard is grown in the field when weeds are there, rather than when the growing crops are there.
CONJ
3.
You use when to introduce a clause in which you mention something which happens at some point during an activity, event, or situation.
When I met the Gills, I had been gardening for nearly ten years.
CONJ
4.
You use when to introduce a clause where you mention the circumstances under which the event in the main clause happened or will happen.
When he brought Imelda her drink she gave him a genuine, sweet smile of thanks...
I'll start to think about it when I have to write my report.
CONJ
5.
You use when after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you mention the time at which something happens.
I asked him when he'd be back to pick me up...
I don't know when the decision was made...
CONJ
6.
You use when to introduce a clause which specifies or refers to the time at which something happens.
He could remember a time when he had worked like that himself...
In 1973, when he lived in Rome, his sixteen-year-old son was kidnapped.
PRON
7.
You use when to introduce the reason for an opinion, comment, or question.
How can I love myself when I look like this?...
CONJ
8.
You use when in order to introduce a fact or comment which makes the other part of the sentence rather surprising or unlikely.
Our mothers sat us down to read and paint, when all we really wanted to do was to make a mess...
= although
CONJ
When
·adv At what time;
- used interrogatively.
II. When ·adv Which time; then;
- used elliptically as a noun.
III. When ·adv At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that;
- used relatively.
IV. When ·adv While; whereas; although;
- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds.
Wikipedia
When
When may refer to:
- When?, one of the Five Ws, questions used in journalism
- WHEN (AM), an Urban Adult Contemporary radio station in Syracuse, New York
- WHEN-TV, the former call letters of TV station WTVH in Syracuse, New York
