"how-to" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: how + to Etymology templates: {{compound|en|how|to}} how + to Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} how-to (not comparable)
  1. that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic Tags: not-comparable Translations (that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic): מעשי m Literally (ma'así) (Hebrew), “practical” (Hebrew), tanácsadó (Hungarian), ismertető (Hungarian), come fare pl or [feminine, masculine, plural, singular] (Italian), ཁྲིད་ཀྱི (khrid kyi) (Tibetan), སློབ་ཁྲིད་ཀྱི (slob khrid kyi) (Tibetan), བསླབ་བྱའི (bslab bya'i) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-how-to-en-adj-h4j1L0Jt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: howto, how to

Noun [English]

Forms: how-tos [plural]
Etymology: how + to Etymology templates: {{compound|en|how|to}} how + to Head templates: {{en-noun}} how-to (plural how-tos)
  1. A brief informal description of how to accomplish a specific task. Translations (description of how to accomplish a task): zo-doe-je-dat (Dutch), כיצד לבצע (keytsád l'vatséa) (Hebrew), איך לעשות (eykh la'asót) (Hebrew), מדריך (madríkh) (Hebrew), ལམ་སྟོན Literally (lam ston) (Tibetan), “showing the way” (Tibetan), སློབ་ཁྲིད (english: slob khrid) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-how-to-en-noun-T91qrNMq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 49 44 Disambiguation of 'description of how to accomplish a task': 63 37
  2. A book or other guide describing how to accomplish tasks in a certain field
    Sense id: en-how-to-en-noun-3DRJ6SEc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 49 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: howto, how to

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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