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what of

what of adverb: what about; used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.

Adverb

what of

  1. What about; used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.

Preposition

what of

  1. (rare) Because of, due to.
    • What of the thin and rotten ice he had felt under his feet all day, it seemed that he sensed disaster close at hand, out there ahead on the ice where his master was trying to drive him.1903 July, Jack London, “The Toil of Trace and Trail”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 152
    Synonyms:
    what with

Synonyms of what of

Words formed from what of

Questions about what of

What does what of mean?
What of means what about; used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.
What part of speech is what of?
What of can be an adverb or a preposition.

Words near what of in the dictionary

  1. what nonsense
  2. what not
  3. what now
  4. what number
  5. what o'clock is it
  6. what of
  7. what of it
  8. what price
  9. what say
  10. what say you
  11. what seems to be the problem

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