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what'd

/wʌd/

what'd is the contraction of what.

Meaning of what

Determiner

what

  1. (interrogative) Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
    • What colour are you going to use?
  2. (indirect, interrogative) Which.
    • I wonder what colour he is going to use.
  3. (relative) Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
    • He seems to have lost what sense he had.
  4. Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
    • This shows what beauty there is in nature.
    1. Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.
      • What nonsense!

See all 21 meanings of what

Words that rhyme with what'd

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Questions about what'd

What is what'd the contraction of?
What'd is the contraction of what.
How do you pronounce what'd?
What'd is pronounced /wʌd/.

Words near what'd in the dictionary

  1. what you on with
  2. what you saying
  3. what you see is what you get
  4. what'cha
  5. what'choo
  6. what'd
  7. what'll
  8. what'm
  9. what're
  10. what's
  11. what's bracking

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