English · Word Candidate

how

/haʊ/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: hows · how's

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To what degree or extent.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Ứng với mức độ hoặc phạm vi nào

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Adverb

Examples

How often do you practice?

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

In what manner

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Theo cách nào

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Adverb

Examples

Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

That, the fact that.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đ事 thực rằng

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ConjunctionRegister: informal

Examples

She told me how her father was a doctor.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 4

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

What?, pardon?

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Cái gì?, xin lỗi?

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InterjectionRegister: US

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “how” mean?

To what degree or extent.

Is “how” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.