- although
- at the same time
- during
- during the time
- in the time
- throughout the time
- whilst
- albeit
- although
- howbeit
- much as
- though
- when
- whereas
- bit
- moment
- period
- time
- instant
- interim
- meantime
- occasion
- space
- spell
- stretch
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How to use while in a sentence
She seemed one of the most worth‑while girls I had ever met.
THE FIRE PEOPLERAY CUMMINGS
When fighting for gold he forgets his appalling poverty in the really worth-while things in the world.
THINKCOL. WM. C. HUNTER
If they read of some one doing a great thing or making a worth-while accomplishment, they say: «I never could do such a thing.»
THINKCOL. WM. C. HUNTER
I get the worth-while news from my paper by the headlines and by trained ability to separate the wheat from the chaff.
THINKCOL. WM. C. HUNTER
It made what had hitherto seemed the big worth-while things of life look so small and petty, so ephemeral!
THE WITNESSGRACE LIVINGSTON HILL LUTZ
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO WHILE
- admitting
- albeit
- despite
- despite the fact
- even if
- even supposing
- granting
- granting all this
- in spite of
- much as
- notwithstanding
- still
- supposing
- though
- when
- whereas
- while
- yet
- instant
- jiffy
- little while
- minute
- moment
- second
- space
- spell
- stretch
- tick
- while
- age
- century
- course
- day
- duration
- epoch
- era
- generation
- hour
- juncture
- moment
- period
- quarter
- reign
- span
- spell
- stage
- term
- time
- while
- year
- all along
- all the while
- amid
- as
- at the same time as
- at the time
- for the time being
- in the course of
- in the interim
- in the meanwhile
- in the middle of
- in the time of
- meanwhile
- mid
- midst
- over
- pending
- the time between
- the whole time
- throughout
- until
- when
- while
- because
- insofar as
- making allowance for
- seeing that
- since
- while
- as
- because
- considering
- inasmuch as
- seeing that
- since
- taking into account
- while
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Определения слова while
- пока, в то время как
- вводит уступительные придаточные предложения: несмотря на то, что; тогда как
- хотя
- наряду с тем, что
Синонимы к слову while
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- although
- as
- at the same time as
- bit
- despite the fact that
- even as
- little
- period
- though
- time
- whereas
- whilst
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while
Sequence and succession apply to events viewed as following one another; time and duration denote something conceived of as enduring while events take place and acts are done. According to the necessary conditions of human thought, events are contained in time as objects are in space, time existing before the event, measuring it as it passes, and still existing when the event is past. Duration and succession are more general words than time; we can speak of infinite or eternal duration or succession, but time is commonly contrasted with eternity. Time is measured or measurable duration.
Synonyms:
age, date, duration, eon, epoch, era, period, season, sequence, succession, term, time
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while, piece, spell, patchnoun
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
«he was here for a little while»; «I need to rest for a piece»; «a spell of good weather»; «a patch of bad weather»
Synonyms:
darn, small-arm, turn, maculation, spot, piece, eyepatch, bandage, objet d’art, slice, bit, firearm, trance, composition, dapple, part, plot of land, patch, temporary hookup, tour, fleck, go, piece of music, man, enchantment, spell, speckle, charm, art object, magical spell, magic spell, plot, opus, plot of ground, mend, musical composition
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I have spoken with Emirati leaders and made clear our desire to address their security concerns while preserving the free flow of humanitarian aid and life-saving commercial imports.
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Brian Snitker:
He’s in that shutdown phase where they’re just going to cool everything down for a while.
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While each Imposter (negative voices in your head) has negative aspects that impede you from living from your Authentic Soul, each also has its positive qualities. I call them superpowers.
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Mia Maguire:
Wearing sandals while swimming, snorkeling and boogie-boarding, is essential in many San Diego and Los Angeles spots to prevent cuts and injuries, i also love to hike in various types of terrain, so finding a durable pair that can withstand slippery conditions is essential. I’ve owned the brand’s Hurricane sandals for over a year now, and I wear them non-stop during the spring and summer. When I visit Austin( my second home), I love to wear them swimming at the Barton Springs pool( a non-chlorinated natural spring water pool), which is dangerously slippery thanks to the overgrowth of algae.
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The IMF:
While market participants see recession probabilities as high, they also expect the depth of the recession to be modest.
Translations for while
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- عندما, بينماArabic
- estona, mentre, malgratCatalan, Valencian
- byť, chvíle, zatímcoCzech
- medens, mensDanish
- obwohl, Weilchen, Zeitspanne, solange, Weile, währendGerman
- καθώς, αν και, καίτοι, διάστημα, χρόνος, ενόσω, ενώ, περνώ, μολονότιGreek
- dum, kvankamEsperanto
- aunque, vagar, rato, siempre y cuando, mientrasSpanish
- aika, sillä aikaa kun, vaikka, samaan aikaan kunFinnish
- moment, quoique, tant, pendant que, bien que, tandis queFrench
- skoftWestern Frisian
- agus, tamallIrish
- greisScottish Gaelic
- mentres, namentres, entrementres, tempoGalician
- जबHindi
- ben que, tempore, durante queInterlingua
- seraya, sementaraIndonesian
- dum ke, dumIdo
- benché, malgrado, mentreItalian
- 時, 間, …ながらJapanese
- 하는 동안Korean
- ماوه, ئهگهرچیKurdish
- dumLatin
- kamērLatvian
- макар, иако, додекаMacedonian
- sementara, semasaMalay
- terwijl, tijdje, momentje, poosje, een hele tijdDutch
- stund, medan, mensNorwegian
- yínee’Navajo, Navaho
- chociaż, gdy, chwila, jakiś czasPolish
- embora, enquanto, malgrado, tempoPortuguese
- deși, în timp ceRomanian
- хотя, в то время, как, вре́мя, [[промежу́ток]] [[время, до тех пор, пока, покаRussian
- dok, докSerbo-Croatian
- stund, tag, fastän, medanSwedish
- rağmen, iken, -kenTurkish
- جبکہUrdu
- moumint, mågré ki, sol tins ki, houbonde, tins ki, hapêye, cwekiWalloon
- בשעתYiddish
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Pronunciation:
[ wˈa͡ɪl], [ wˈaɪl], [ w_ˈaɪ_l]
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adv
• Other relevant words: (adverb)
- for then,
- at the same time,
- for the duration,
- at same time,
- in the interval,
- insofar,
- meantime.
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adv.
• meantime (adverb)
- meanwhiles,
- re cesses,
- for duration,
- simultaneouslies,
- in interval,
- concurrentlies,
- for moment,
- re-cess.
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conj.
• although (conjunction)
- despite fact,
- granting this,
- de-spite,
- de spite.
• as long as (conjunction)
- in the time,
- throughout the time,
- during the time,
- Whilst.
• even though (conjunction)
- Howbeit,
- Albeit.
• Other relevant words: (conjunction)
- much as,
- forasmuch as,
- inasmuch as,
- when,
- considering that,
- granting all this,
- even if,
- even supposing,
- insomuch as,
- Whereas,
- despite the fact,
- insofar as,
- in spite of,
- making allowance for,
- though,
- seeing that,
- although.
• when (conjunction)
- just as,
- just after,
- immediately upon.
• whereas (conjunction)
- be-cause,
- be cause.
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n.
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•
- meanwhile,
- together,
- even as,
- all the time.
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•
- briefly,
- temporarily,
- compared with/to,
- next to,
- awhile,
- relative,
- the… the…,
- for a short time,
- seen against something,
- by/in contrast,
- Than,
- relatively.
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•
- Andor,
- assuming,
- conjunction,
- coordinating conjunction,
- causal,
- space,
- And,
- correlative,
- big.
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•
- chapter,
- countdown,
- distance,
- work,
- pain,
- delay,
- block,
- day.
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•
- waste,
- fiddle away,
- trifle away,
- industrious.
• bit (noun)
- little whiles.
• instant (noun)
- bat eye,
- short whiles,
- bat the eye,
- bat of eye,
- trices,
- nothing flats.
• interval (noun)
- de lays,
- inter-ludes,
- de lay,
- de-lay,
- inter-lude,
- de-lays,
- interregna,
- pausations,
- inter missions,
- inter ludes,
- inter lude.
• moment (noun)
- three wink,
- jiffs,
- point time,
- no times.
• occasion (noun)
- goings on,
- goings ons,
- goingson,
- goingsons,
- goings-ons.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- hours,
- year,
- mileposts,
- playtime,
- time,
- season,
- date,
- occasion,
- terms,
- breathings,
- point in time,
- era,
- three winks,
- lastingness,
- Chronologies,
- interval,
- trice,
- short while,
- moment,
- sec,
- aeons,
- SECS,
- time out,
- years,
- Centuries,
- many a moon,
- timeout,
- hour,
- chronology,
- weeks,
- milepost,
- stretch,
- interregnum,
- nothing flat,
- Interregnums,
- occasions,
- instant,
- bit,
- little while,
- no time,
- aeon,
- period,
- bat of the eye,
- week,
- pausation,
- goings-on,
- semester,
- month,
- months,
- trouble.
• piece (noun)
- piece.
• spell (noun)
- spell.
• stretch (noun)
- ex-tent,
- ex-tents,
- ex tents,
- ex tent.
• time (noun)
- while.
• trouble (noun)
- in conveniences,
- in-conveniences,
- in-convenience.
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prep.
• during (preposition)
- for time being,
- all while,
- in meanwhile,
- in time of,
- in middle of,
- in interim,
- at time,
- at same time as.
• Other relevant words: (preposition)
- all the while,
- in the middle of,
- in the meanwhile,
- During,
- in the interim,
- at the same time as,
- time between,
- in the course of,
- at the time,
- all along,
- the whole time,
- whole time,
- in course of,
- in the time of,
- for the time being,
- the time between.
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Other synonyms:
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- concomitant,
- elbow grease,
- striving,
- en masse,
- clash,
- concurrent,
- synchronous,
- parallel,
- synchronicity,
- simultaneous,
- en bloc,
- contemporaneous.
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•
- accompaniment,
- alongside,
- double,
- struggle,
- concurrence.
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•
- dawdle,
- effort,
- exertion,
- in,
- endeavor.
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•
- strain.
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•
- kill.
• Other relevant words:
- duration,
- for the moment,
- such as,
- for now,
- part of speech.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- check,
- man,
- devote,
- conceding that,
- spend,
- importance,
- pause,
- beguile,
- belong,
- agreeable,
- Awaiting,
- interruption,
- break,
- eon,
- musical composition,
- notwithstanding,
- achieve,
- accomplish,
- amuse,
- sporadically,
- at times,
- now and again,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- juncture,
- fitting,
- granting that,
- within,
- tense,
- sufficient,
- due,
- entertain,
- legitimate,
- admitting that,
- pass,
- composition,
- then,
- go with,
- put in,
- respite,
- go,
- come,
- point,
- bandage,
- reach,
- equally,
- middling,
- apposite,
- small-arm,
- apt,
- flash,
- waiting,
- allowing that,
- for,
- tour,
- where,
- minute,
- employ,
- wile,
- pains,
- ordinary,
- space-time,
- Pendency,
- conditional,
- opus,
- enliven,
- mend,
- modest,
- Into,
- however,
- fleck,
- proper,
- right,
- eyepatch,
- span,
- make,
- besides,
- Among,
- appertain,
- DO,
- good,
- age,
- pertinent,
- maculation,
- part,
- desirable,
- suitable,
- Whiles,
- once,
- lead,
- administer,
- similar to,
- decent,
- at which time,
- eligible,
- withstand,
- intervention,
- endure,
- attain,
- enchantment,
- granted,
- Supposing,
- correct,
- pregnant moment,
- agree,
- past,
- stand,
- wait,
- lighten,
- expend,
- plot,
- as far as,
- bestow,
- lapse,
- like,
- receive,
- obstruct,
- stage,
- seeing as,
- as though,
- speckle,
- imitate,
- consequence,
- charm,
- represent,
- as,
- succession,
- spot,
- time lag,
- interlude,
- term,
- sequence,
- idle,
- epoch,
- extent,
- relativistic,
- tide,
- other,
- present,
- Until,
- firearm,
- If,
- periodically,
- path,
- on,
- express,
- Since,
- decorous,
- manage,
- continuity,
- Amongst,
- trance,
- mediocre,
- use up,
- brighten,
- interim,
- consume,
- Of,
- gap,
- notwithstanding that,
- whet,
- moment of truth,
- for a while,
- descend,
- as long as,
- lacuna,
- given that,
- Upon,
- depending on,
- derive,
- patch,
- Because,
- but,
- Against,
- as if,
- provisional,
- adequate,
- for instance,
- get,
- kairos,
- now and then,
- yet,
- magic spell,
- turn,
- accept,
- psychological moment,
- occasionally,
- in the meantime,
- while away,
- hiatus,
- sometimes,
- even though,
- depict,
- alight,
- fateful moment,
- till,
- dapple,
- pending,
- divert,
- temporary,
- slice,
- thus,
- Altho,
- subordinating conjunction,
- darn,
- per,
- replace,
- at intervals.
How to use «While» in context?
The word «while» can be used to describe a situation that lasts for a specific amount of time or until a certain event occurs. It is typically used in conjunction with other verb forms, such as «will,» «do,» «have,» to create simple sentences.
Paraphrases for While:
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Equivalence
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
Whilst.
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Proper noun, singular
Whilst.
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Noun, singular or mass
Whilst.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
meanwhile.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
after, alongside, besides, despite, notwithstanding, throughout, Albeit, Because, During, Without.
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Proper noun, singular
During.
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Noun, singular or mass
men, moment, time, During, Without.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
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Other Related
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
Whereas.
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Proper noun, singular
Whereas.
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Noun, singular or mass
Whereas.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
Homophones for While:
- wile, wyle, weill, weil.
Hyponym for While:
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time
time.
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time