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All 5 letters words made out of while

while hwile wihle iwhle hiwle ihwle whlie hwlie wlhie lwhie hlwie lhwie wilhe iwlhe wlihe lwihe ilwhe liwhe hilwe ihlwe hliwe lhiwe ilhwe lihwe whiel hwiel wihel iwhel hiwel ihwel wheil hweil wehil ewhil hewil ehwil wiehl iwehl weihl ewihl iewhl eiwhl hiewl ihewl heiwl ehiwl iehwl eihwl whlei hwlei wlhei lwhei hlwei lhwei wheli hweli wehli ewhli hewli ehwli wlehi lwehi welhi ewlhi lewhi elwhi hlewi lhewi helwi ehlwi lehwi elhwi wileh iwleh wlieh lwieh ilweh liweh wielh iwelh weilh ewilh iewlh eiwlh wleih lweih welih ewlih lewih elwih ilewh liewh ielwh eilwh leiwh eliwh hilew ihlew hliew lhiew ilhew lihew hielw ihelw heilw ehilw iehlw eihlw hleiw lheiw heliw ehliw lehiw elhiw ilehw liehw ielhw eilhw leihw elihw

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Definitions and meaning of while

while

Etymology

From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʍaɪl/, /waɪl/
• (in accents without the "wine-whine" merger)
• (in accents with the "wine-whine" merger)
• Rhymes: -aɪl

Noun

while (plural (archaic or informal) whiles)

1. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
   1. (US) an uncertain long period of time
   2. (Philippines) an uncertain short moment

Synonyms

• spell; see also Thesaurus:uncertain period

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "uncertain long period"): bit

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Conjunction

while

1. During the same time that.
3. Although.
4. (Northern England, Scotland) Until.
5. As long as.
6. (media, public policy) Used to denote a person experiencing racial profiling when performing a seemingly benign activity.

Usage notes

• See whilst.

Synonyms

• (during the same time that): whilst; see also Thesaurus:while
• (although): as much as; see also Thesaurus:even though
• (until): till; see also Thesaurus:until
• (as long as): provided that, providing, so long as

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• while loop

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Preposition

while

1. (Northern England, Scotland) Until.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, now only in combination with away; see also while away) To pass (time) idly.

   Synonyms: idle, laze, lounge
2. (transitive) To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.
3. (intransitive, archaic) To elapse, to pass.
4. Alternative spelling or misspelling of wile.

Synonyms

• (loiter): see also Thesaurus:loiter

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References

• “while”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “while”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Etymology

From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiːɫ/
• Homophones: weel, wheel, whil

Noun

while

1. while

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22