awhile
adverb (also spelt «a while»)
Everyday
Awhile means for a short time: wait awhile. After a word like «after» or «for», we write «a while» as two words. tree →
In the lessons
in stories a character pauses or rests for a short time before the next action.
Examples
- After awhile he begins to totter. tree →
- The priest reflected awhile; then he replied. tree →
- After talking awhile, they lay down to sleep. tree →
Note
nothing for maths; it names a short time, not an amount of things.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «awhile» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «awhile» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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