while /(h)wīl/

1. A space of time
2. Time and trouble spent

1. (also whilst /wīlst or hwīlst/) during the time that
2. At the same time that
3. As long as
4. Whereas
5. Although
6. Notwithstanding the admitted fact that
7. Until (Scot and N Eng dialect)

Until

To pass (time) in a leisurely or undemanding way (with away)

whiles conjunction (Bible)

1. While, at the same time that
2. Until (Shakespeare)

At times (orig genitive of OE hwīl)

while-ere or whilere /wī-lārˈ or hwī-lārˈ/ adverb (archaic)

A little while ago, formerly

whilevˈer conjunction (chiefly Aust)

For as long as

all the while

During all the time (that)

in between whiles

During the intervals

make it worth someone's while (informal)

To pay someone well for his or her trouble

once (or every once) in a while

Now and then

the while (Shakespeare)

At the present time, in the meantime

the whilst (obsolete)

1. While
2. In the meantime

worth (one's) while

Worth taking time and trouble over

• bancos
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• band
• Band
• banda
• bandage
• bandaged
• bandages
• bandaging
• Band-aid
• bandalore
• bandalores
• bandana
• bandanas
• bandanna
• bandannas
• bandar
• bandars
• bandas
• b. and b.
• B and B
• band-box
• band-boxes
• bandbrake
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