Associations to the word «While»
Noun
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
WHILE, noun. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
WHILE, conjunction. During the same time that.
WHILE, conjunction. Although.
WHILE, conjunction. (Northern England) (Scotland) Until.
WHILE, conjunction. As long as.
WHILE, verb. (transitive) To pass (time) idly.
WHILE, verb. To loiter.
WHILE AWAY, verb. (transitive) To spend (time) idly but pleasantly
WHILE LOOP, noun. (programming) A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed only while a certain condition continues to be met.
WHILE LOOPS, noun. Plural of while loop
WHILE WE'RE YOUNG, adverb. (idiomatic) soon, without much delay (urging someone to hurry up)
Dictionary definition
WHILE, noun. A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.