when

/wษ›n/

IPA: /W EH1 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The time at which something happens.

    โ€œA good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.โ€

adverb
  1. 1

    (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

    โ€œDo you know when they arrived?โ€

  2. 2

    At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.

    โ€œHe's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.โ€

  3. 3

    (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

    โ€œThat was the day when the Twin Towers fell.โ€

pronoun
  1. 1

    (interrogative) What time; which time.

    โ€œSince when do I need your permission?โ€

  2. 2

    The time that.

    โ€œI recall when they were called the Greys.โ€

conjunction
  1. 1

    At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.

    โ€œA player wins when [as soon as, or at any time that, if] she has four cards of the same suit.โ€

  2. 2

    During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.

    โ€œBe careful when crossing the street.โ€

  3. 3

    At what time; at which time.

    โ€œI am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal.โ€

  4. 4

    Since; given the fact that; considering that.

    โ€œI don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.โ€

  5. 5

    Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.

    โ€œHe keeps changing things when the existing system works perfectly well.โ€

interjection
  1. 1

    That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.

  2. 2

    Expressing impatience. (Compare what.)

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/when