See why not in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't want to go out today. — Why not?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Why is that not true?"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let's have pizza for lunch. — Yes, why not?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to state that one has no objection to and approves of a proposal."
],
"qualifier": "rhetorical",
"raw_glosses": [
"(rhetorical) Used to state that one has no objection to and approves of a proposal."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why not try turning the handle in the other direction to see if that opens the window?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to introduce a proposal."
],
"qualifier": "rhetorical",
"raw_glosses": [
"(rhetorical) Used to introduce a proposal."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "why?"
},
{
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "how come?"
},
{
"sense": "to show one has no objection",
"word": "all right"
},
{
"sense": "to show one has no objection",
"word": "OK"
},
{
"sense": "to introduce a proposal",
"word": "how about"
},
{
"sense": "to introduce a proposal",
"word": "what if"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hébù",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "何不"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "為什麼不呢"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wèishéme bù ne",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "为什么不呢"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "為什麼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wèishénme",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "为什么"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "hvorfor ikke"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "kial ne"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "hví ikki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "miksi ei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "miksei"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "pourquoi pas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "warum nicht"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "af hverju ekki"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "hví ekki"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "perché no"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "atarimaedesho",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "当たり前でしょ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "cūr nōn"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "quidnī"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čerâ",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "چرا"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "por que não"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "a počemú",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "а почему́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "a štó tak",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "а что́ так"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "zakaj ne"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "por qué no"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "varför inte"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "bakit hindi"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "why is that not true",
"word": "ทำไมไม่"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lima lā",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "لِمَ لَا"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎo de",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "好的"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "hvorfor ikke"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "kial ne"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "hví ikki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "miksipä ei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "mikä ettei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "mikä jottei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "mikäpäs siinä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "vois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "pourquoi pas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "warum nicht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "wieso nicht"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "láma ló",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "לָמָּה לֹא"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "miért ne"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "af hverju ekki"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "hví ekki"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "perché no"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mochiron",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "もちろん"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "quid ni"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "hvorfor ikke"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čerâ ke na?",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "چرا که نه؟"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "czemu nie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "por que não"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú by i net",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "почему́ бы и нет"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"note": "carson nach + verb",
"sense": "state one has no objection"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "зашто да не"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zašto da ne"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "zakaj pa ne"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "por qué no"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "varför inte"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "bakit hindi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "neden olmasın"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čomú b i ní",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "чому́ б і ні́"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàobù",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "要不"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "hvorfor ikke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "miksi ei"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "pourquoi ne pas"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "af hverju ekki"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "quid ni"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "dooísh léiʼ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "hvorfor ikke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "czemu nie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "dlaczego nie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "może by"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "por que não"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú by ne",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "почему́ бы не"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "por qué no"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "varför inte"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "bakit hindi"
}
],
"word": "why not"
}
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