Collocations for "how"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "how" in context.
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how
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- how do you do?
- how are you?
- how are you [doing, feeling, getting on]?
- how is it going?
- how are things?
- how's things?
- how is your [father, sister, brother]?
- how did you [get, arrive] here?
- how did the [fire, argument] start?
- how will I know when to [stop, start, go]?
- do you know how I can [turn, switch] this on?
- how do you know (that)?
- am not sure how she [knew, found out, did it]
- show me how
- how can you (possibly) [say, think] that?
- how about going [out, to the movies]?
- how about a [hug, drink, cup of tea]?
- does he know how to [work, operate, load] the machine?
- don't [know, understand] how to work this [photocopier, TV, gadget]
- told us how they [did, managed, stole] it
- be careful how you [act, drive, speak]
- will never manage, no matter how [much, hard] I try
- how much [sugar, milk, cake] do you want?
- how much is this [phone, hat, painting]?
- how many [people, guests, friends] came?
- how long does the [journey, flight, drive] take?
- how [hard, difficult, tough] was the test?
- how [tall, old, hungry] are you?
- how much [longer] [do, will, must] we wait?
- [don't know, not sure, no idea] how much (it costs)
- how come you don't [phone, write, visit]?
- how I love this [place, view, sunshine]!
- how [wonderful, sweet, stupid, embarrassing]!
- how [so, come]?
- how do you do?
- how are you?
- how are you [doing, feeling, getting on]?
- how is it going?
- how are things?
- how's things?
- how is your [father, sister, brother]?
- how did you [get, arrive] here?
- how did the [fire, argument] start?
- how will I know when to [stop, start, go]?
- do you know how I can [turn, switch] this on?
- how do you know (that)?
- am not sure how she [knew, found out, did it]
- show me how
- how can you (possibly) [say, think] that?
- how about going [out, to the movies]?
- how about a [hug, drink, cup of tea]?
- does he know how to [work, operate, load] the machine?
- don't [know, understand] how to work this [photocopier, TV, gadget]
- told us how they [did, managed, stole] it
- be careful how you [act, drive, speak]
- will never manage, no matter how [much, hard] I try
- how much [sugar, milk, cake] do you want?
- how much is this [phone, hat, painting]?
- how many [people, guests, friends] came?
- how long does the [journey, flight, drive] take?
- how [hard, difficult, tough] was the test?
- how [tall, old, hungry] are you?
- how much [longer] [do, will, must] we wait?
- [don't know, not sure, no idea] how much (it costs)
- how come you don't [phone, write, visit]?
- how I love this [place, view, sunshine]!
- how [wonderful, sweet, stupid, embarrassing]!
- how [so, come]?
- a how-to [guide, video, article, manual]
'how' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
English
- French
- German
- Greek
- I
- Swedish
- aback
- actually
- addiction
- addition
- adorable
- advice
- afford
- already
- altogether
- amazed
- amazing
- amusing
- anniversary
- annoyed
- annoying
- answer
- anxiety
- anxious
- anyhow
- appalled
- approach
- arabic
- ashamed
- assess
- astonished
- astonishing
- average
- aware
- awe
- awful
- bachelor
- bad
- badly
- baffled
- baggage
- bankruptcy
- banter
- barely
- battery
- bear
- bearing
- beautiful
- being
- bewildered