Definition/Meaning of when

• English - Adverb: when ( not comparable ) ( interrogative ) Used to introduce questions about time . When will they arrive ? Used to introduce indirect questions about time . Do you know when they arrived? Do you know when they will arrive? Do you know when they arrive? At an earlier and less prosperous time . He's mister high and mighty now , but I remember him when . Translations
• English - Conjunction: when At what time . They were told when to sleep . 1914 , Louis Joseph Vance , Nobody , chapter III: Turning back , then , toward the basement staircase , she began to grope her way through blinding darkness , but had taken only a few uncertain steps when , of a sudden , she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing , quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in…
• English - Pronoun: when ( interrogative ) What time; which time Since when do I need your permission? Translations
• English - Noun: when ( plural whens ) The time . A good article will cover the who , the what , the when , the where , the why and the how . Translations
• English - Interjection: when That's enough , a command to stop adding something , especially an ingredient of food or drink . Translations