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why're

why're contraction: why are.

Contraction

why're

  1. (colloquial, contraction) why are
    • 'Daidre, have you something to hide?'
      'Nothing that would interest Scotland Yard. Why're they investigating me?'2011, Elizabeth George, Careless in Red

Questions about why're

What does why're mean?
Why're means why are.
What part of speech is why're?
Why're is a contraction.

Words near why're in the dictionary

  1. why on Earth
  2. why so serious
  3. why'd
  4. why'm
  5. why'n't
  6. why're
  7. why's
  8. why-not
  9. Whyalla
  10. Whyatt
  11. Whyatts

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