Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Northern England, Scotland)Until.

Examples

5938 sentences
  1. Let me think for a while.

    Дай-но трохи подумаю. — deniko

    ruДайте мне немного подумать. — Balamax

    deLass mich ein bisschen nachdenken. — MUIRIEL

  2. He remained silent for a while.

    Якийсь час він мовчав. — deniko

    deEr blieb eine Zeitlang still. — Hans_Adler

  3. It happened while I wasn't looking.

    Це сталося, поки я не дивився. — uaspeaker

    ruЭто случилось, пока я не смотрел. — Hellerick

  4. Please wait a little while longer.

    Будь ласка, почекай ще трохи. — deniko

    ruПодождите еще немного, пожалуйста. — sharptoothed

    deWarten Sie bitte noch etwas. — Sudajaengi

  5. I fell asleep while watching TV.

    Я заснув перед телевізором. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruЯ заснул, смотря телевизор. — Wadimiy

    deIch bin beim Fernsehen eingeschlafen. — MUIRIEL

Origin

From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Pr

From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvila (“rest”), Swedish vila (“rest”), Faroese and Icelandic hvíla (“rest”)) from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd).

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • for a while
  • in a while
  • do that while
  • fell asleep while
  • quite a while
  • a while since
  • dog while
  • a little while
  • a while ago
  • a while longer
  • my dog while
  • take a while

See also

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while — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto