How Definition
hou
adverb
In what manner or way; by what means.
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In what state or condition.
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For what reason or purpose; why.
How is it that you don't know?
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To what extent, degree, amount, etc.
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By what name.
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conjuntion
The manner or way in which.
Show us how you did it.
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The state or condition in which.
Ask him how he's been.
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That.
I told them how I had once been bitten by a snake.
American Heritage
The extent, degree, amount, etc. to which.
Do you know how I despise you?
Webster's New World
In whatever manner or way.
Judge him how you will.
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noun
The way of doing; manner; method.
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(dialectal) A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)
Wiktionary
interjection
Hello: a greeting attributed to, and still used, with humorous intent, in imitation of, American Indians.
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Other Word Forms of How
Noun
Singular:
how
Plural:
howsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to How
- and how
- how about
- how about that
- how come
- how so
- and how!
- how about something?
- how about that!
- how come?
- how do you do?
- how now?
- how so?
- how then?
Origin of How
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Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, Old English hū, from Proto-Germanic *hwō, from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). Akin to Old Saxon huo (Low German wo), hū, Dutch hoe, compare German wie (“how”). See who and compare why.
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From a Siouan language, compare Lakota háu. Alternatively from Wyandot haau.
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Middle English howe from Old English hū kwo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old Norse haugr.
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