# how's

Pronunciation: say "HOWZ" /haʊz/

## Contraction

1. Contraction of how is. — Contraction of how is.
   - Simple: Contraction of how is. Use it to start a question about how someone or something is.
   - _How's the new apartment working out for you?_
   - _How's traffic on the highway this morning?_
2. Contraction of how has. — Contraction of how has.
   - Simple: Contraction of how has. Use it to ask about something from the past up to now.
   - _How's she been since she moved to Denver?_
   - _How's the garden held up through the heat wave?_
3. Contraction of how does. — Contraction of how does.
   - Simple: Contraction of how does. Use it in casual talk to ask how something works or happens.
   - _How's that figure into your plans for the summer?_
   - _How's the new policy affect part-time employees?_

## Noun

4. Alternative spelling of hows. — Alternative spelling of hows (plural of how).
   - Simple: Alternative spelling of hows. It means the ways or methods of doing something.
   - _The manual covers the how's of installation but skips the reasons behind each step._
   - _Her presentation answered every one of the how's the board had raised._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/how-s (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).