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Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!
William Cartwright

Meaning of "awhile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AWHILE

awhile  [əˈwaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AWHILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Awhile is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES AWHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

While

"While" is a word in the English language that functions both as a noun and as a subordinating conjunction. Its meaning varies largely based on its intended function, position in the phrase and even the writer or speaker's regional dialect. As a conjunction, it is synonymous with the word "whilst", a form often considered archaic in American and Canadian English, as well as in some style guides on both sides of the Atlantic.

Definition of awhile in the English dictionary

The definition of awhile in the dictionary is for a brief period.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AWHILE


dwile
dwaɪl
erewhile
ɛəˈwaɪl
erstwhile
ˈɜːstˌwaɪl
meanwhile
ˈmiːnˌwaɪl
otherwhile
ˈʌðəˌwaɪl
outwile
ˌaʊtˈwaɪl
somewhile
ˈsʌmˌwaɪl
umquhile
ˈʌmhwaɪl
while
waɪl
wile
waɪl
worthwhile
ˌwɜːθˈwaɪl
wyle
waɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AWHILE

awestricken
awestrike
awestruck
aweto
awful
awfully
awfulness
awhato
awheel
awheto
awhirl
awkward
awkwardish
awkwardly
awkwardness
awl
awlbird
awless
awlwort
awmrie

WORDS THAT END LIKE AWHILE

Anglophile
audiophile
basophile
bibliophile
chile
cinephile
electrophile
Francophile
hydrophile
narghile
nucleophile
once in a while
paedophile
pedophile
Santiago de Chile
technophile
the while
thermophile
wait-a-while
zoophile

Synonyms and antonyms of awhile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AWHILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «awhile» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of awhile

Translation of «awhile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AWHILE

Find out the translation of awhile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of awhile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «awhile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一会儿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

algún tiempo
570 millions of speakers

English

awhile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

थोड़ी देर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لحظة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

некоторое время
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brevemente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কিছুক্ষণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

un temps
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

seketika
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eine Weile
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

しばらく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잠깐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Awhile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một thời gian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறிது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थोडा वेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bir süre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per un po´
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chwilę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

деякий час
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vreme
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λίγο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rukkie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

en stund
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of awhile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AWHILE»

The term «awhile» is very widely used and occupies the 14.845 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AWHILE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about awhile

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10 QUOTES WITH «AWHILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word awhile.
1
Alan Alda
Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in.
2
Kevin J. Anderson
I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.
3
David Axelrod
I haven't given up on working... across the aisle on issues and maybe it'll take an election or two for that to fully ferment, maybe it you know sometimes it takes awhile for people to realize what the best path is.
4
Ellen Barkin
I just would never go audition, and yet I was in very visible places where people would come looking for actors. I say I'm lazy, though I'm sure if I were in therapy for a lot of years, it would turn out to be a lot more than laziness. After awhile, it was, like, too embarrassing for me not to go on auditions. I had to be humiliated into it.
5
Henry Ward Beecher
There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.
6
Kurtis Blow
I used to date Latoya for awhile, I was a close freind of the family.
7
Cliff Burton
Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do.
8
Cab Calloway
That's what George wrote! He wrote it. Why change it? There was this European company that I was speaking about awhile ago - course, didn't nobody know what Porgy was.
9
Billy Campbell
I almost always do things that I like, in some form or fashion. Every once in awhile that means that I don't think the script is any good and I don't have any trust in the people, but the film is shooting in Sri Lanka, or somewhere like that, so I'm going.
10
William Cartwright
Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AWHILE»

Discover the use of awhile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to awhile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Walk Awhile in My Shoes
The revolutionary handbook that is actually two books in one!
Eric Harvey, Steve Ventura, 1996
2
Just for Awhile
This is the story of a boy placed in foster care while his mother was in prison. It is also the story of his foster mother and family, and the impact he was to have on their lives.
Virginia Connelly, 2007
3
Ponder Awhile: 3rd Revised Edition
Written as Dohas or couplets, each stanza of the forty eight poems found in this collection chases the glow of a new dawn of world enlightenment.
Mohit. K. Misra, 2014
4
Linger Awhile
When eighty-three-year-old Irving Goodman falls in love with actress Justine Trimble she's been dead for forty-seven years.
Russell Hoban, 2012
5
Come Sit Awhile - the Blessings of Family and Home
With touching memories, recipes for homemade treats, relevant scriptures, and more, each book in the Come Sit Awhile series offers all the comfort, warmth, and nostalgia a front porch could possibly hold, and is a joy to give and to receive ...
Roy Lessin, Heather Solum, 2005
6
Come Sit Awhile
Sierra. Over the next several years I had many physical spiritual experiences. Once I was driving a government vehicle Áying down Interstate 4 in the left lane ( of course obeying the speed limit) on my way to Lakeland, Florida to perform a work ...
Sierra, 2009
7
Relax Awhile: A Novel
Rachel O Niel is a popular interior designer from Chicago, meeting almost every goal she has set for herself.
Lucy Allen, 2010
8
Walk Awhile with Me
Philip Morgan. God's authority is manifested in Jesus! It is those individuals who are in authority that bring this question to Jesus. It's essentially a question of boundaries and responsibilities. They see themselves as the “keepers of the law, ” ---it ...
Philip Morgan, 2008
9
Walk With Me Awhile
M. Scott Campbell. justified. If such is not evident, then the term violates the composition and division fallacy, since no other factors of distinction have been produced (sexual practices described later). The following is a graphic representation ...
M. Scott Campbell, 2011
10
Come Sit Awhile - the Hope of Prayer and Reflection
With Come Sit Awhile--The Hope of Prayer and Reflection, readers are invited to kick back and reflect awhile in the shade of their front porches. Inspiring words and charming four-color illustrations grace every page of this little book.
Roy Lessin, Heather Solum, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AWHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term awhile is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Weekly Weather: After an extremely wet first half of 2015, we'll now …
Gone for awhile are the days of thick cumulus clouds developing during the afternoon hours to bring widespread showers. Summer proper is ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
2
Behind an epic Arizona lightning photo: 'I saw it and lost my mind'
“I've been wanting to get a lightning photo right here for quite awhile, but had no idea I'd end up with maybe one of the best ones ever taken ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Alligator caught while sunning in Mill Creek near Bird-in-Hand
But, for now, Bare has decided to hold onto the alligator for awhile for his own educational effort. “It's a great education opportunity for my ... «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»
4
Planning Commission Says It May Halt Some Mission Development
It took us awhile to figure out we can [initiate interim controls], but we apparently can," said Kathrin Moore, one planning commissioner. «SFist, Jul 15»
5
5 days after allegedly shooting at Camden officer, suspect's bail …
"He's been on the move for awhile," county spokesman Dan Keashen said of the suspect. "There may have been a prior interaction between ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
6
Police investigate suspicious death at First and West O
"Unfortunately, this does happen once in awhile." Tyson said he doesn't think the man's death is an indication that there is more violence in the ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
7
GORDON JOHNSON: Remembering a stalwart
Once inside, it would take awhile for eyes to adjust. I'd shuffle like a blind man toward the kitchen, dogs snapping at my ankles. From the ... «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
8
Daughter outperforms dad in beatbox rematch
The father and daughter duo have been beat boxing for awhile and in a recent video posted on YouTube, the daughter clearly beat her dad in a ... «Yahoo News Canada, Jul 15»
9
Smoke from Canada wildfires streaming over Northwest
“I think we'll have this smoke in our atmosphere for awhile. It will probably gradually decrease, but it will probably take a while for that to happen ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
10
Camden theater to host reading of ex-cop's play about police and race
“I thought I was immune from your attacks, but I should have realized even pets bite their owners every once in awhile,” she says at one point. «PhillyVoice.com, Jul 15»

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