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Synonyms for while
ʰwaɪl, waɪlwhile
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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
Princeton's WordNet
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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Dictionary of English Synonymes
whilenoun
Synonyms:
time, season, space of timewhileadjective
Synonyms:
during the time thatwhileadjective
Synonyms:
as long aswhileadjective
Synonyms:
at the same time that
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#50 | time | |
#102 | date | |
#123 | go | |
#207 | part | |
#308 | while | |
#355 | during | |
#413 | man | |
#580 | age | |
#676 | term | |
#766 | period | |
#874 | though | |
#982 | bit | |
#1007 | turn | |
#1017 | although | |
#1060 | season | |
#1080 | tour | |
#1852 | piece | |
#2026 | patch | |
#2260 | sequence | |
#2813 | despite | |
#2915 | spot | |
#3870 | plot | |
#3976 | duration | |
#4173 | era | |
#4365 | composition | |
#4647 | whereas | |
#5938 | charm | |
#6388 | whilst | |
#6986 | spell | |
#7715 | trance | |
#10568 | slice | |
#11238 | notwithstanding | |
#13762 | succession | |
#15428 | albeit | |
#17545 | firearm | |
#18576 | opus | |
#19477 | epoch | |
#19786 | darn | |
#31831 | enchantment | |
#33156 | mend | |
#33548 | eon | |
#35325 | bandage | |
#41736 | fleck | |
#76844 | speckle | |
#130992 | dapple | |
#180476 | eyepatch |
How to use while in a sentence?
While all this data that is being accumulated through the PATH study is great, it is unclear to me how much is going to be useful for setting the policy and regulations of the future.
I've lost a couple children, I've lost a wife and it is incredibly difficult to go through and it's harder to go through when you haven't had an opportunity to be with the person while they're dying.
While it may have appeared that officers were not completing tasks, they were doing their job to make sure that nothing was compromising the investigation.
Strategic risk reduction can be good, but up to a point, akin to basic hygiene. The central issue is that Beijing is hostile, predatory and highly capable, so the US must organize to defend and push back across the board. The Joe Biden administration has said that they plan to do The Biden administration. So while setting up a phone line can be useful, we shouldn't sink too much significant into it.
Quite frankly, my physician and my team of health care professionals that I saw over the course of three days, while I was repeatedly turned away from health care access, made the decision to not provide an abortion because that’s what they felt they had to do under Texas’ law.
Translations for while
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- 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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