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Meaning of "whenwe" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHENWE

From when + we.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WHENWE

ˈwɛnwiː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHENWE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whenwe is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHENWE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Whenwe

A whenwe is a former British settler or expatriate who talks nostalgically about their former homes in colonial Africa, i.e.: "when we lived in...". The original whenwes came from eastern Africa, mostly Kenya. Being largely of colonial origin, they went back to the United Kingdom or moved south to Rhodesia in the early 1960s. In 1978, Louis W. Bolze and Rose Martin published their satiric cartoon book The Whenwes of Rhodesia. The next wave of whenwes was from 1980, around the time of Zimbabwe's independence, and thousands of white Zimbabweans moved to South Africa, especially to Natal.

Definition of whenwe in the English dictionary

The definition of whenwe in the dictionary is a White immigrant from Zimbabwe, caricatured as being tiresomely over-reminiscent of happier times.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHENWE

appui · appuy · awee · ennui · kiwi · lechwe · linguae · peewee · pewee · puy · ratatouille · reduit · siliquae · twee · Twi · we · wee · whee

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHENWE

when · when one´s ship comes in · when push comes to shove · when the balloon goes up · when the chips are down · whenas · whence · whenceforth · whencesoever · whencever · whene´er · whenever · whenso´er · whensoever · whenua · where · where it´s at · where one lives · where someone is coming from · where´er

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHENWE

awe · Azikiwe · Beecher Stowe · Crewe · Crowe · ewe · Felixstowe · Great Zimbabwe · howe · Kitwe · krewe · Lilongwe · Loewe · Marlowe · owe · Rowe · shock and awe · Stowe · Van der Merwe · Zimbabwe

Synonyms and antonyms of whenwe in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «whenwe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHENWE

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The translations of whenwe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whenwe» in English.
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whenwe
1,325 millions of speakers
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whenwe
570 millions of speakers
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whenwe
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whenwe
380 millions of speakers
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whenwe
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whenwe
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whenwe
270 millions of speakers
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যখন আমরা
260 millions of speakers
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whenwe
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apabila kita
190 millions of speakers
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whenwe
180 millions of speakers
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whenwe
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whenwe
85 millions of speakers
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Kapan
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whenwe
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எப்போது நாங்கள்
75 millions of speakers
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जेव्हा आपण
75 millions of speakers
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Biz ne zaman
70 millions of speakers
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whenwe
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whenwe
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whenwe
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whenwe
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whenwe
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whenwe
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whenwe
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHENWE»

Discover the use of whenwe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whenwe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Never Pray Again: Lift Your Head, Unfold Your Hands, and Get ...
More simply stated, whenwe failtolove our enemies, somethinginsideus breaks. I was firstintroduced to thisconcept byRita Nakashima Brock. 18This incredibly intelligent pacifist, feminist theologian was the last person Iwould expect to be ...
Clark, Aric, Hagler, Doug, Larson, Nick, 2014
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The James Beard Foundation's Best of the Best: A 25th ...
That's whenwe doourfinest work —whenwe're busy, at the most intense.We live forthose moments.The difference between degreesof successisafineline. We wantto get toapoint whenwe're worried about competing against ourselves.
Kit Wohl, 2012
3
Frederick Douglass: A Life in Documents
We are fighting therebels with onlyone hand, whenwe ought to befightingthem with both. Weare recruiting our troopsin the towns and villages of the North, whenwe ought to be recruiting them on the plantations of the South. We are striking the ...
Frederick Douglass, L. Diane Barnes, 2013
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Works of John Bunyan — Complete
Shoulda manask mehow he should know that he loveth the children ofGod? the best answer I could give him, would be in the wordsoftheapostle John; 'Bythis,' saithhe, 'weknow that we love the children of God, whenwe love God, and keep his ...
John Bunyan
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Aging with HIV: A Gay Man's Guide
Whenwe connectwith naturewe becomeaware ofthe scale ofthe universe andrealize the sizeof ourlivesinthe process. By experiencing the cycles of life wegettoknowa power beyondourselves. AsDr. Valliant points outin his book, Aging Well, ...
James Masten, 2010
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MOONSCAPE: Thoughts of War
It was another typical day in Vietnam, but this time, wehad been warned of the possibilitythatenemy troops wereclose and indeed might be right behind us. Whenwe departed our position, my company was last out therear guard, andIwas alertto ...
Randall T. Elliott, 2013
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Most Intimate: A Zen Approach to Life's Challenges
Whenwe are thinking of athing, we arelost in it,lostin thinking about x.But whenwe become aware of our thinking, we arein asecondary state.Theactual thinking aboutx is gone, and eitherthere isjust awareness or we begin a new thought based ...
Pat Enkyo O'Hara, 2014
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Enduring Heart, The: Spirituality for the Long Haul:
Concretely speaking, we can find ourselves stuck in various ways duringour life's journey: • stuck when welet past failures, poor decisions,missed opportunitiesmake us unforgiving of ourselvesand cynical about life. • stuck whenwe hang onto ...
Wilkie Au, 2013
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Living Dangerously: Seven Keys to Intentional Discipleship
We have the most influence on our relatives whenwe demonstrate love to them, regardless of our gender. Love is shown to others when we are accepting, compassionate, and sacrificial in our interactionswith unbelievers. Ourfaithfulness ...
Shawn D. Anderson
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Everyday Artists: Inquiry and Creativity in the Early ...
This isthe creative, problemsolving perspective that wehope toincitein our students, anartistic practice thatwill shape theways that theyengage withall areas oftheir experience. Whenwe supportart aspart oflived experience, whenwe scaffold, ...
Dana Frantz Bentley
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Whenwe [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/whenwe>. Jun 2026 ».
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