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Term: what

Part of speech: pronoun, determiner, adverb, noun

Sense 1 (pronoun): asking for information or clarification

Sample sentence:

- What is your favorite color?

- I don't understand what you mean.

Sense 2 (determiner): used to ask which option is preferred or desired

Sample sentence:

- What sport do you want to play?

- Tell me what movie you'd like to watch.

Sense 3 (adverb): to what extent or degree; how much

Sample sentence:

- I cannot emphasize what a great achievement this is.

- You won't believe what I just saw!

Sense 4 (noun): the thing(s) or person(s) that

Sample sentence:

- Do you know what time it is?

- He is studying what he loves.

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