wat
/wat/IPA: /W AO1 T/
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A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.
“Angkor Wat”
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A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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(Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor.
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(usually followed by "with," but also sometimes "would" or "might," especially in finance) In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with
“The market will calculate these higher risks in their funding costs what might result in higher lending rates.”
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Such.
“What a beautiful day!”
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Why.
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Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
Synonyms
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(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
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That which; those that; the thing that.
“He knows what he wants.”
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(relative) That; which; who.
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Whatever.
“I will do what I can to help you.”
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(Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor.
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