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?
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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) An artificial barrow or tumulus.

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(dialectal) A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)
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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:
hows

Origin of How

  • Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, Old English , from Proto-Germanic *hwō, from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). Akin to Old Saxon huo (Low German wo), , Dutch hoe, compare German wie (“how”). See who and compare why.

    From Wiktionary

  • From a Siouan language, compare Lakota háu. Alternatively from Wyandot haau.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English howe from Old English kwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Norse haugr.

    From Wiktionary

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