{
    "term": "how",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "in what way or manner",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How does it work?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He did not know how he ought to behave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll show you how to load the software."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Her behaviour was very odd.’ ‘**How so?**’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's funny how *(= that)* people always remember him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you **remember how** *(= that)* the kids always loved going there?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**How ever** did you get here so quickly?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to ask about somebody’s health or how well things are going for them",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**How are you?**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How are you feeling now?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hey, **how are you doing**?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to ask whether something is successful or fun",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How was your trip?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How did they play?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used before an adjective or adverb to ask about the amount, degree, etc. of something, or about somebody’s age",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**How often** do you go swimming?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't know how much to bring."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**How much** are those earrings *(= What do they cost)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**How many** people were there?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How old is she?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used to express surprise, pleasure, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How kind of you to help!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How he wished he had been there!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "in any way in which",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll dress how I like in my own house!"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "however"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used when asking for information about somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm not going. How about you?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to make a suggestion",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How about a break?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How about going for a meal?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How about we go for a meal?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you think somebody’s behaviour is very bad or are very surprised by it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ben! How could you? After all they've done for us!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ugh! How can you eat that stuff?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say you do not understand how something can happen and would like an explanation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I think you owe me some money.’ ‘How come?’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If she spent five years in Paris, how come her French is so bad?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used as a formal greeting when you meet somebody for the first time. The usual reply is also How do you do?",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to ask the reason for something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I left work early today.’ ‘How's that *(= Why)*?’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used when asking somebody’s opinion of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll tuck your sheets in for you. How's that? Comfortable?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two o'clock on the dot! **How's that for** punctuality!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/haʊ/",
                "audio": "ho/how/how__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/haʊ/",
                "audio": "ho/how/how__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hū, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoe, also to who and what."
}