Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: The time at which something happens.
Example: A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
adverb
Definition: (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
Example: Do you know when they arrived?
Definition: At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
Example: He’s mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
Definition: (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
Example: That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
pronoun
Definition: (interrogative) What time; which time.
Example: Since when do I need your permission?
Definition: The time that.
Example: I recall when they were called the Greys.
conjunction
Definition: At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
Example: A player wins when [as soon as, or at any time that, if] she has four cards of the same suit.
Definition: During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
Example: Be careful when crossing the street.
Definition: At what time; at which time.
Example: I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal.
Definition: Since; given the fact that; considering that.
Example: I don’t see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
Definition: Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.
Example: He keeps changing things when the existing system works perfectly well.