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How to pronounce while in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms patch, piece, spell
Type of time
Has types cold snap, cold spell, hot spell, snap


he was here for a little while.

Examples of while

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While playing for the Eagles, Hudson's ability as a long snapper was discovered.
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His offense has come while playing on a line with Colin Wilson and Marek Svatos.
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While different places have different strengths, each of them has opportunities.
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Boozer finished with 17, while Noah piled up 10 rebounds, 9 points and 6 blocks.
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They went 9-6 while Boozer sat out and are still riding a seven-game win streak.
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While he keeps watch over her care, the clock is ticking on a critical decision.
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While you're being careful about your children, don't neglect your pet's health.
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So Monday figured to be the last of their annual meetings, at least for a while.
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The fish effluents feed the plants, while the excess plant matter feed the fish.
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More examples
  • 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"
  • "While" is a word in the English language that functions both as a noun and as a subordinating conjunction. Its meaning varies largely based on its intended function, position in the phrase and even the writer or speaker's regional dialect. ...
  • An infinite loop is a sequence of instructions in a computer program which loops endlessly, either due to the loop having no terminating condition, having one that can never be met, or one that causes the loop to start over. ...
  • A certain duration of time, a period of time; To pass (time) idly; During the same time that; although; until
  • (whiles) while
  • The earliest meaning of while, "during the time that" ("She liked to read while he was taking his walk"), is related to time. ...
  • A loop designed for looping though code while a condition is true instead of a known amount of times. Be careful with this loop, it is easy to make it endless. ...
  • A Java keyword used to declare a loop that iterates a block of statements. The loop's exit condition is specified as part of the while statement.
  • Statement that indicates the end of a do-while loop, or the beginning of a while loop, which includes a boolean test for continued loop execution.