how

(hou)

adv.

1. In what manner or way; by what means: How does this machine work?

2. In what state or condition: How is she today?

3. To what extent, amount, or degree: How bad was it?

4. For what reason or purpose; why: How is it that he left early?

5. With what meaning: How should I take that remark?

6. By what name: How is she called?

7. By what measure; in what units: How do you sell this corn?

8. What. Usually used in requesting that something be said again: How's that again?

9. Used as an intensive: How we laughed!

conj.

1. The manner or way in which: forgot how it was done.

2. That: I told them how I had once been bitten by a snake.

3. In whatever way or manner; however: Cook it how you please.

A manner or method of doing something: "The how of research is generated by the why of the world" (Frederick Turner).

Idioms:

and how Informal

Most certainly; you bet: She's a good dancer, and how!

how about

1. Used to make a suggestion or to offer something: How about a cup of tea?

2. Used to request an opinion about something considered remarkable or impressive: How about that storm last night?

how about that Informal

Used rhetorically to express surprise or wonder at or approval for something.

how come Informal

How is it that; why: How come you're so late?

how so

How is it so: You say the answer is wrong. How so?

[Middle English howe, from Old English hū; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Adv.

and how - an expression of emphatic agreement

you bet, you said it

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