WHILE
Dictionary entry overview: What does while mean?
• WHILE (noun)
The noun WHILE has 1 sense:
1. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
Familiarity information: WHILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHILE (noun)
Meaning:
A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
while; spell; patch; piece
Context examples:
he was here for a little while / I need to rest for a piece / a spell of good weather / a patch of bad weather
Hypernyms ("while" is a kind of...):
time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "while"):
cold snap; cold spell (a spell of cold weather)
hot spell (a spell of hot weather)
snap (a spell of cold weather)
