how
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1.0
- noun
- /haʊ/
- The teacher explained the how of solving the math problem step by step.
- a how-to guide
- a how-to book
- know-how
Examples
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Understanding the how of effective communication is essential in building relationships.
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Can you describe the how behind your unique cooking technique?
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But what matters is how you make people feel.
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What do you know about how your brain works?
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And that, my friends, is how we go to war.
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That is not how it works in America.
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I just want to show you how cool my light is.
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We're getting a behind the scenes look at how science really works.
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In the old days, the record labels knew how to launch new stars.
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You need to learn how to resolve conflict.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
How someone does something or how it happens
∞
2.2
A planned way of doing something, often in clear steps
469
1.0
The way something is done or happens
Idioms
- Formal
101
6.1
A formal greeting used when meeting someone for the first time that does not need an answer
- Informal
1
9.9
People say it to boast about something they or someone else did
- Informal
1
9.8
Say this when you cannot give a clear answer because it depends on things you do not know
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
How comes from the old English hū meaning 'in what way', and this gives us the noun use that means the method or manner of doing something. So when people talk about 'the how' they mean the practical way or method to do a task.