how

[how]

At what price; how dear.

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In what manner or way; by what means or process.

Adverb
to what extent or amount or degree; "how tall is she?"

Adverb
in what way or manner or by what means (`however'' is sometimes used as an intensive form of `how''); "how did you catch the snake?"; "he told us how he did it"; "however did you get here so soon?"


adv.
In what manner or way; by what means or process.

adv.
To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.

adv.
For what reason; from what cause.

adv.
In what state, condition, or plight.

adv.
By what name, designation, or title.

adv.
At what price; how dear.


How

How , adv. [OE. how, hou, hu, hwu, AS. h, from the same root as hw'be, hw'91t, who, what, pron. interrog.; akin to OS. hw'd3w, D. hoe, cf. G. wie how, Goth. hw'c7 wherewith, hwaiwa how. &root;182. See Who, and cf. Why.] 1. In what manner or way; by what means or process.
How can a man be born when he is old?
2. To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.
O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth.
3. For what reason; from what cause.
How now, my love! why is your cheek so pale?
4. In what state, condition, or plight.
How, and with what reproach, shall I return?
5. By what name, designation, or title.
How art thou called?
6. At what price; how dear. [Obs.]
How a score of ewes now?
&hand; How is used in each sense, interrogatively, interjectionally, and relatively; it is also often employed to emphasize an interrogation or exclamation. "How are the mighty fallen!" 2 Sam. i. 27. Sometimes, also, it is used as a noun; -- as, the how, the when, the wherefore. Shelley.
Let me beg you -- don't say "How?" for "What?"

In what manner or way; by what means or process.

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Usage Examples

A lot of people fear death because they think that so overwhelming an experience has to be painful, but I've seen quite a few deaths, and, with one exception, I've never known anyone to undergo anything like agony. That's amazing when you think about it. I mean, how complicated the mechanism is that's being taken apart.

'The Dance Scene' is basically the most amazing dance show in the world, and it follows me as a creative director. You see how I maintain that creativity.

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs.

006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.

A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.

A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.

A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization.

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

A lot of our entertainment throws into detail the stagnation and illness of how we live today-it's sad and it's sick... and it's profitable.

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.

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