how're you in English

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        "Informal form of how are you."
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      "tags": [
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        "informal"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "how're you"
}

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phr",
        "head": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "how're you?",
      "name": "en-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "how're you doing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English greetings",
        "English informal forms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrases",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "how are you"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Informal form of how are you."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "how are you",
          "how are you#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "how're you"
}

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"how're you" meaning in English

Phrase