while

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciationshwaɪl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/hwaɪl, waɪl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hwīl, wīl)

Inflections of 'while' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
whiles
v 3rd person singular
whiling
v pres p
whiled
v past
whiled
v past p

while
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Sense: Conjunction: as long as
Synonyms:
whilst (UK), during, during the time that, during which time, in the time that, as long as, at which time, at the same time that, throughout the time that
Sense: Conjunction: although
Synonyms:
whereas, even though, although, though Collocations, whilst (UK), on the one hand, albeit, despite, in spite of
Sense: Noun: period of time
Synonyms:
period Collocations, time Collocations, period of time, spell Collocations (informal), stretch Collocations, stint Collocations, interval, time period, moment Collocations, long while, little while, short while, fair while, bit Collocations (informal)


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