"what's" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /wɒts/ [UK], /wʌts/ [US], /wɑts/ [US], /ʍʌts/ [US], /ʍɑts/ [US] Audio: en-us-what's.ogg [US]
enPR: wŭts Rhymes: -ɒts, -ʌts, -ɑts Head templates: {{head|en|contractions}} what's
  1. What is. Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-what's-en-contraction-z6hBjwBh
  2. What has. Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-what's-en-contraction-c45mc9Cm
  3. What does. Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-what's-en-contraction-L9w34CQh

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      },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What's going on?"
        }
      ],
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        "What is."
      ],
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          "What",
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          "is",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What's that got to do with it?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What has."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "has",
          "has"
        ]
      ],
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        "contraction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What's that mean?"
        }
      ],
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        "What does."
      ],
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          "does",
          "does"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/wɒts/",
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        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/wɑts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ʍʌts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɑts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɒts"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌts"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑts"
    },
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      "homophone": "watts (in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What's going on?"
        }
      ],
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        "What is."
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "text": "What's that got to do with it?"
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        "What has."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What's that mean?"
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        "contraction"
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    }
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        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/wɑts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ʍʌts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɑts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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