"while" meaning in Englisch

See while in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: waɪl, ʍaɪl Audio: En-us-while.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪl
  1. (during) während, derweil (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)
    Sense id: de-while-en-conj-8Bqjl3cJ
  2. (although) während, obgleich (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)
    Sense id: de-while-en-conj-Rs8CeKQM
  3. (as soon as) solange (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)
    Sense id: de-while-en-conj-OsGduBMf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: während (Deutsch)

Noun

IPA: waɪl, ʍaɪl, waɪlz, ʍaɪl Audio: En-us-while.ogg Forms: the while [singular], the whiles [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪl
  1. eine, meist nicht sehr lange, Zeitspanne
    Sense id: de-while-en-noun-qxZzjiPS
  2. Unannehmlichkeiten, Mühe
    Sense id: de-while-en-noun-tqpHJCCW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: time, trouble, effort Translations (Unannehmlichkeiten, Mühe): Mühe [feminine] (Deutsch) Translations (eine, meist nicht sehr lange, Zeitspanne): Zeitspanne [feminine] (Deutsch), Weile [feminine] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Konjunktion (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was sleeping while I was singing.",
          "translation": "Er schlief, während ich sang."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(during) während, derweil (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)"
      ],
      "id": "de-while-en-conj-8Bqjl3cJ",
      "sense_index": "1a"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(although) während, obgleich (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)"
      ],
      "id": "de-while-en-conj-Rs8CeKQM",
      "sense_index": "1b"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(as soon as) solange (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)"
      ],
      "id": "de-while-en-conj-OsGduBMf",
      "sense_index": "1c"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "waɪl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ʍaɪl"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "während"
    }
  ],
  "word": "while"
}

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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Substantiv (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the while",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the whiles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "while",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Eric Clapton wrote this song called „Someday After A While“; therein is a line „after a while, you will be sorry“.",
          "translation": "Eric Clapton schrieb den Song names „Someday After A While“; darin gibt es eine Zeile „nach einer Weile wird es dir Leid tun“."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eine, meist nicht sehr lange, Zeitspanne"
      ],
      "id": "de-while-en-noun-qxZzjiPS",
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Trust me, the view is worth the while to climb that mountain.",
          "translation": "Vertraue mir, der Ausblick ist die Mühe wert diesen Berg zu besteigen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unannehmlichkeiten, Mühe"
      ],
      "id": "de-while-en-noun-tqpHJCCW",
      "sense_index": "2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "waɪl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ʍaɪl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "waɪlz",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Plural:"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ʍaɪl"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪl"
    }
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "time"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "trouble"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "effort"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "eine, meist nicht sehr lange, Zeitspanne",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeitspanne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "eine, meist nicht sehr lange, Zeitspanne",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weile"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Unannehmlichkeiten, Mühe",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mühe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "while"
}
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    "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Konjunktion (Englisch)",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was sleeping while I was singing.",
          "translation": "Er schlief, während ich sang."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(during) während, derweil (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1a"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(although) während, obgleich (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1b"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(as soon as) solange (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1c"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "waɪl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ʍaɪl"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪl"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "während"
    }
  ],
  "word": "while"
}

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    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the while",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the whiles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "while",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Eric Clapton wrote this song called „Someday After A While“; therein is a line „after a while, you will be sorry“.",
          "translation": "Eric Clapton schrieb den Song names „Someday After A While“; darin gibt es eine Zeile „nach einer Weile wird es dir Leid tun“."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eine, meist nicht sehr lange, Zeitspanne"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Trust me, the view is worth the while to climb that mountain.",
          "translation": "Vertraue mir, der Ausblick ist die Mühe wert diesen Berg zu besteigen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unannehmlichkeiten, Mühe"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "waɪl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ʍaɪl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "waɪlz",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Plural:"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ʍaɪl"
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Plural:"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "time"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "trouble"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "effort"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "eine, meist nicht sehr lange, Zeitspanne",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeitspanne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "eine, meist nicht sehr lange, Zeitspanne",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weile"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Unannehmlichkeiten, Mühe",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mühe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "while"
}

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