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Etymology

Old English hwīl.

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular while

Plural uncountable

while (uncountable)

  1. A certain duration of time, a period of time.
    He lectured for quite a long while.

Conjunction

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while

  1. During the same time that.
    He was sleeping while I was singing.
    • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
      While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  2. although
    This case, while interesting, is a bit frustrating.
  3. (Northern England) until
    I'll wait while you've finished painting.

Translations

during the same time that
  • Japanese: 間に (あいだに, aida ni)
  • Korean: 하는 동안 (haneun dong-an)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: mens no(no)
    Nynorsk: medan no(no)
  • Polish: podczas pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: enquanto pt(pt)
  • Romanian: în timp ce
  • Russian: пока ru(ru) (poká) (while); в то время, как (v to vrémya, kak) (during the same time that)
  • Spanish: mientras, mientras que
  • Swedish: medan sv(sv)
although
  • Navajo: yínee'
  • Portuguese: embora pt(pt), malgrado pt(pt)
  • Romanian: deşi
  • Russian: хотя ru(ru) (khotjá)
  • Spanish: aunque es(es)
  • Swedish: fastän sv(sv)

Verb

Infinitive to while

Third person singular whiles

Simple past whiled

Past participle whiled

Present participle whiling

to while (third-person singular simple present whiles, present participle whiling, simple past and past participle whiled)

  1. To pass time idly.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

to pass time idly

 

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