awhile

«awhile» in Mova's school dictionary: for a short time: wait awhile — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (also spelt «a while»)

meaning for a pupil

Awhile means for a short time: wait awhile. After a word like «after» or «for», we write «a while» as two words. tree →

sense 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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «awhile» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.