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/wat/ English

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noun

  1. A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.“Angkor Wat”

noun

  1. A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

adverb

  1. (Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor.

adverb

  1. (usually followed by "with," but also sometimes "would" or "might," especially in finance) In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with“The market will calculate these higher risks in their funding costs what might result in higher lending rates.”
  2. Such.“What a beautiful day!”
  3. Why.
  4. Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.

pronoun

  1. (interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
  2. That which; those that; the thing that.“He knows what he wants.”
  3. (relative) That; which; who.
  4. Whatever.“I will do what I can to help you.”

adverb

  1. (Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor.

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