what

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Determiner

1. {{lb|en|interrogative}} {{U|which}}, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
2. {{lb|en|indirect interrogative}} {{U|which}}.
3. {{lb|en|relative}} {{U|any}} ... that; [[all]] ... that; [[whatever]].
4. {{n-g|Emphasises that something is [[noteworthy]] or [[remarkable]] in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.}}

Pronoun

1. {{lb|en|interrogative}} Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: {{n-g|used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.}}
2. {{lb|en|fused relative}} That which; those that; the thing(s) that.
3. {{lb|en|fused relative}} [[anything|Anything]] that; [[all]] that; [[whatever]].
4. {{lb|en|relative|nonstandard|or|dialectal}} [[that|That]]; [[which]]; [[who]].

Adverb

1. {{lb|en|interrogative}} In what way; to what extent.
2. {{n-g|Used before a prepositional phrase to emphasise that something is taken into consideration as a cause or reason; usually used in combination with 'with' (see [[what with]]), and much less commonly with other prepositions.}}

Interjection

1. {{n-g|An expression of surprise or disbelief.}}
2. What do you want? {{non-gloss|An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.}}
3. {{senseid|en|tag-question}} {{lb|en|British|colloquial|dated}} {{clipping of|en|what do you say?|addl=used as a type of [[tag question]] to emphasise a statement and invite agreement, often rhetorically}}.
4. What did you say? [[I beg your pardon]]? {{non-gloss|This usage is often considered impolite, with the more polite "[[pardon|Pardon]]?" or "[[excuse me|Excuse me]]?" preferred.}}
5. {{n-g|Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.}}

Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete|uncountable}} [[something|Something]]; [[thing]]; [[stuff]].
2. {{lb|en|countable}} The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of ''what''.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} Something that is addressed by {{m|en||what}}, as opposed to a person, addressed by {{m|en|who}}.
4. {{lb|en|nonstandard}} {{U|that}} {{gl|in certain senses}}.

Particle

1. {{lb|en|Singlish|Manglish}} {{n-g|Emphasizes the truth of an [[assertion]] made to [[contradict]] an evidently false assumption held by the listener.}}
2. {{lb|en|Singlish|Manglish}} {{n-g|Used to invite [[agreement]] or [[acknowledgment]] when something is assumed to be [[straightforward]] or already [[obvious]] to begin with; similar in function to ''“[[right]]?”'' and ''“[[as you know]]”''.}}
3. {{senseid|en|reinforce-disagreeing}} {{lb|en|Singlish|Manglish}} {{n-g|Used after a direct [[assertion]] to reinforce a [[disagreeing]] opinion.}}

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