Meaning

13 senses
  1. (interrogative, not comparable)To what degree or extent.

    How often do you practice?

    The gauge indicated how hot the oven was.

  2. (interrogative, not comparable)In what manner

    wie

    какkak, каки́м о́бразомkakím óbrazom

    якjak, як са́меjak sáme

  3. In what manner:

    (interrogative, not comparable)By what means.

    How do you solve this puzzle? –Sorry, I can't remember how.

    How else can we get this finished?

  4. (interrogative, not comparable)With overtones of why, for what reason.

    How should I know whether he likes raisins or not? Ask him!

  5. (interrogative, not comparable)In what form, shape, measure, quantity, etc.

    How are you fixed for money?

    How did you vote in the last election?

  6. (interrogative, not comparable)With what meaning or effect.

    How the stock market interprets events has real consequences.

  7. (interrogative, not comparable)By what title or what name.

    wie

    какkak, наско́лькоnaskólʹko

    якjak, наскількиnaskilʹky

  8. (interrogative, not comparable)At what price, for what amount (of money).

  9. (interrogative, not comparable)In what state or condition.

    How are you?

    How was your vacation?

    wie

    какkak

    якjak

  10. (not comparable)In the manner in which.

    I said it exactly how he said it.

  11. (not comparable)In any manner in which; in whatever way; however.

    People should be free to live how they want.

  12. (nonstandard, not comparable, relative)In which.

    The way how you walk is funny.

Examples

41460 sentences
  1. I can imagine how you felt.

    Можу собі уявити, що ти відчував.

    ruМогу представить, как ты себя чувствовал.

    deIch kann mir vorstellen, wie du dich gefühlt hast.

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  2. Please explain how to get there.

    Будьте ласкаві, поясніть, як туди добратися.

    ruОбъясните, пожалуйста, как туда добраться.

    deBitte erklären Sie, wie man dorthin gelangt.

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  3. Who taught you how to dance?

    Хто вас навчив танцювати?

    ruКто научил вас танцевать?

    deWer hat dir das Tanzen beigebracht?

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  4. This is how I made it.

    Ось так я це зробив.

    ruВот как я сделал это.

    deSo habe ich das gemacht.

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  5. This is how we do it.

    Це робиться ось так.

    deSo machen wir das.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
in what manner — see also how so:
to what degree — see also to the point:
Русский
By meaning 2
in what manner — see also how so:
to what degree — see also to the point:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in what manner — see also how so:

Origin

From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō,

From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō, from Proto-Germanic *hwō (“through what, how”), from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift.

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