how's
HOWZ/haʊz/
- 1Contraction of how is. Use it to start a question about how someone or something is.
How's the weather out there today?
How's your sister feeling after her surgery?
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- 2Contraction of how has. Use it to ask about something from the past up to now.
How's your day been so far?
How's the team done this season?
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- 3Contraction of how does. Use it in casual talk to ask how something works or happens.
How's this game work?
How's he get to school every day?
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- 4Alternative spelling of hows. It means the ways or methods of doing something.
The coach explained the how's and why's of the new drills.
Don't worry about the how's right now. Just pick a goal.
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