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rank|through|himself|go|118|how|long|am|way

Etymology
ME. #Middle English|how, hou, hu, hwu, OE. hū, from the same root as hwæt, "who", "what"; akin to Old Saxon hww, Dutch hoe, compare German wie "how". See who and compare why.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ha�/, SAMPA|/haU/
audio|en-us-how.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|a�

Adverb
en-adv|-

1. To what degree.

#: How often do you practice?

1. In what way.

#: How do you solve this puzzle?

1. Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings.

#: How very interesting!
#: How wonderful it was to receive your invitation.

Derived terms
how many
how much
how come

Translations
trans-top|to what degree
Albanian: t-|sq|sa|xsAlbanian, t-|sq|si|xsAlbanian
Arabic: t|ar|���|sc=ARchar(kaif)
Croatian: t+|hr|koliko
Czech: t+|cs|jak
Danish: t+|da|hvor
Dutch: t+|nl|hoe
Esperanto: t-|eo|kiom|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|miten, t+|fi|kuinka
French: t+|fr|comment
German: t+|de|wie
Italian: t+|it|come
trans-mid
Indonesian: bagaimana
Japanese: t-|ja|�����|trdonoy�ni|scJpan, t-|ja|�����|trd�yatte|scJpan
Kurdish: t+|ku|����|sc=KUchar
Norwegian: t-|no|hvordan
Portuguese: t+|pt|como
Russian: как (kak)
Slovene: t+|sl|kako
Spanish: t+|es|cómo
Swedish: t+|sv|hur
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trans-top|in what way
Albanian: t-|sq|si|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ��� (kaif)
Crimean Tatar: kadiy
Croatian: t+|hr|kako
Czech: t+|cs|jak
Danish: hvordan, hvorledes
Finnish: miten, kuinka, millä tavalla, millä tavoin
German: t+|de|wie
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Hebrew: ��צ� (ky'tsad), ��� (e'ych)
Kurdish: KUchar|Ú�Û�Ù�
Romanian: t-|ro|cum
Portuguese: t+|pt|como
Slovene: t+|sl|kako
Spanish: t+|es|cómo
Swedish: t+|sv|hur
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trans-top|used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings
Albanian: t-|sq|si|xsAlbanian, t-|sq|çfarë|xsAlbanian
Arabic: ��� (kaif)
Croatian: t+|hr|kako
Czech: t+|cs|jak
Danish: t+|da|hvor
Finnish: t+|fi|kuinka, t+|fi|miten
German: t+|de|wie
Hebrew: ��� (kama)
Icelandic: t+|is|en
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Kurdish: KUchar|ب���
Portuguese: t+|pt|como, t+|pt|quão
Scottish Gaelic: abair
Slovene: t+|sl|kako
Spanish: t+|es|qué
Swedish: t+|sv|så
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Arabic, Egyptian: ARchar|إزا� (�izzaay)
ttbc|Catalan: com
*ttbc|Chinese:
:Cantonese: 幾/� (géi) (1); �/� (dím), �樣/�样 (dímyéung, dímy�ung), �� (y<u>ù</u>h<u>ò</u>), �樣/�样 (jámyéung) (2); ��/�系 (j�nh<u>a</u>i) (3)
:Mandarin: �� (rúhé), �样 (z�nyàng)
ttbc|Esperanto: kiel
ttbc|Hungarian: hogy
ttbc|Ido: quale
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|�ط�ر|��ط��ر (�etor)
ttbc|Polish: jak

Conjunction
en-conj

1. In which way.

#: I remember how to solve this puzzle.

Translations
trans-top|in which way
Chinese: �样 (z�nyàng), �� (rúhé)
Crimean Tatar: kadiy
Czech: t+|cs|jak
Danish: hvordan, hvorledes
Esperanto: t-|eo|kiel|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: kuinka, miten, millä tavalla
French: t+|fr|comment
German: t+|de|wie
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (d�)
Korean: 방� (bangbeop), 방� (bangsik)
Portuguese: t+|pt|como
Russian: t+|ru|как|sc=Cyrl
Slovenian: kako
Spanish: t+|es|como
Swedish: t+|sv|hur
Telugu: �లా, ���లా
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Anagrams
who

References
R:Webster 1913|how
R:Dictionary.com|how

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Adverb
how

1. yes

Synonyms
yamá

Category:Alabama adverbs

ar:how
et:how
es:how
fa:how
fr:how
gl:how
io:how
it:how
kk:how
ku:how
hu:how
ja:how
pa:how
pl:how
pt:how
ru:how
simple:how
fi:how
ta:how
te:how
vi:how
tr:how
uk:how
zh:how

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