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howto

howto is the alternative form of how-to.

Meaning of how-to

Noun

how-to (plural how-tos)

  1. A brief informal description of how to accomplish a specific task.
  2. A book or other guide describing how to accomplish tasks in a certain field.

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Forms of howto

pluralhowtos

Questions about howto

What is howto the alternative form of?
Howto is the alternative form of how-to.

Words near howto in the dictionary

  1. howsomedever
  2. howsomever
  3. Howson
  4. Howsons
  5. Howth
  6. howto
  7. Howton
  8. Howtons
  9. howtos
  10. howves
  11. Howwood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: howto (page history and authors); how-to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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