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Word: Why
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English hwī, hwȳ ‘by what cause’, instrumental case of hwæt ‘what’, of Germanic origin
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
wʌɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a reason or explanation
Short Definition:reason or explanation
Examples:- the whys and wherefores of these procedures need to be explained to students
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