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however in American English · 1. nevertheless; yet; on the other hand; in spite of that. We have not yet won; however, we shall keep trying · 2. to whatever ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'however'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× however (haʊevəʳ ) 1. adverb Youusehoweverwhenyouareaddingacommentwhichissurprisingorwhichcontrastswithwhathasjustbeensaid. Thiswasnotaneasydecision.Itis,however,adecisionthatwefeelisdictated byourduty. Someofthefoodcropsfailed.However,thecottondidquitewell. Highersaleshavenothelpedprofits,however. Synonyms:but,nevertheless,still,though MoreSynonymsofhowever 2. adverb[ADVERBadjective/adverb,ADVmany/much] Youusehoweverbeforeanadjectiveoradverbtoemphasizethatthedegreeorextentofsomethingcannotchangeasituation. [emphasis]Youshouldalwaysstrivetoachievemore,howeverwellyouhavedonebefore. Howeverhardshetried,nothingseemedtowork. Howeverfamousyouareandhoweverrich,losingababyisthesametheworldover. Howevermuchithurt,hecoulddoit. Synonyms:nomatterhow,regardlessofhow,inwhateverway MoreSynonymsofhowever 3. conjunction Youusehoweverwhenyouwanttosaythatitmakesnodifferencehowsomethingisdone. Howeverweadopthealthcarereform,itisn'tgoingtosavemajoramountsofmoney. Wearyourhairhoweveryouwant. 4. adverb[ADVmany/much,ADVadv] Youusehoweverinexpressionssuchasorhoweverlongittakesandorhowevermanythereweretoindicatethatthefigureyouhavejustmentionedmaynotbeaccurate. [vagueness]The20,000orhowevermanywhocometowatchwouldlovetobeoutonthepitch. Wait30to60minutesorhoweverlongittakes. 5. adverb Youcanusehowevertoaskinanemphaticwayhowsomethinghashappenedwhichyouareverysurprisedabout.SomespeakersofEnglishthinkthatthisformisincorrectandprefertouse'however'. [emphasis]Howeverdidyoufindthisplaceinsuchweather? MoreSynonymsofhowever COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof however Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'however' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'however' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'wellbeing' HindiTranslationof'however' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency howeverinBritishEnglish (haʊˈɛvə ) sentenceconnector1. still;nevertheless 2. ontheotherhand;yet adverb3. bywhatevermeans;inwhatevermanner 4. (usedwithadjectivesexpressingoradmittingofquantityordegree) nomatterhow howeverlongittakes,finishit 5. anemphaticformofhow1(sense1) CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency howeverinAmericanEnglish (haʊˈɛvər ) adverb1.  nomatterhow;inwhatevermanner 2.  towhateverdegreeorextent 3.  bywhatmeans howeverdidheescape?seealsohow 4.  nevertheless;yet;inspiteofthat;allthesame oftenusedasaconjunctiveadverb conjunction5. Obsolete although:also;OLD-FASHIONED,Poetichowˈe'er(haʊɛˈɛr ) Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEhou-ever WordFrequency howeverinAmericanEnglish (hauˈevər) adverb1. nevertheless;yet;ontheotherhand;inspiteofthat Wehavenotyetwon;however,weshallkeeptrying 2. towhateverextentordegree;nomatterhow Howevermuchyouspend,Iwillreimburseyou 3. inwhatevermanner Wewillallowyoutotravelhoweveryouplease 4. how;howunderthecircumstances Howeverdidyoumanage? conjunction5. inwhateverway,manner,orstate Arrangeyourhourshoweveryoulike Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1350–1400;MEhou-ever;seehow1,ever] Examplesof'however'inasentence however Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Theknowledgedidlittletohelphimoutofhiscurrentpredicament,however.JenniferFallonTREASONKEEP(2001)Theywouldnot,however,havetoleratedanycaninecomparison.JonClearyYESTERDAY'SSHADOW(2001)Theintimacyofaproceedinginchambers,however,didnotmeaninformality.JamesGrippandoAKING'SRANSOM(2001) COBUILDCollocations however  howeverimperfect howevertenuous howeverunlikely howeverwell-intentioned Trendsof however Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages however BritishEnglish:however /haʊˈɛvə/ADVERBYouusehoweverwhenyouaresayingsomethingthatsomebodymightnotexpectbecauseofwhatyouhavejustsaid.Theapartmentisrathersmall.Itis,however,muchnicerthanouroldapartment.AmericanEnglish:however /haʊˈɛvər/Arabic:مَعْذَلِكَ BrazilianPortuguese:contudo Chinese:可是 Croatian:međutim Czech:avšak Danish:ikkedestomindre Dutch:echter EuropeanSpanish:sinembargo Finnish:kuitenkin French:toutefois German:jedoch Greek:ωστόσο Italian:tuttavia Japanese:いかに･･･であろうとも Korean:그러나 Norwegian:imidlertid Polish:jednakże EuropeanPortuguese:contudo Romanian:totușiRussian:однако LatinAmericanSpanish:sinembargo Swedish:hur...än Thai:อย่างไรก็ตาม Turkish:ancak Ukrainian:протеVietnamese:tuynhiên Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically however howel HowelDda Howells however howeverimperfect howeverlaudable howevertenuous AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'H' Relatedtermsof however howevertenuous howeverimperfect howeverlaudable howeverunlikely howeverunpalatable Viewmorerelatedwords Source DefinitionofhoweverfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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Readmore Scrabblescorefor'however':16 QuickwordchallengeQuizReviewQuestion:1 - Score:0/5 councillor or counsellor?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. counsellor councillorTheysoughtthehelpofamarriage .sun or son?Whichversioniscorrect?Thesunwashighinthesky.Thesonwashighinthesky.aid or aide?Whichversioniscorrect?Theyhavepledgedbillionsofdollarsinaid.Theyhavepledgedbillionsofdollarsinaide.bough or bow?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. bow boughIgaveatheatrical andwaved.stile or style?Whichversioniscorrect?Shehadnotlosthergraceandstile.Shehadnotlosthergraceandstyle.Yourscore:CheckSeetheanswerNextNextquizReview CreateanaccountandsignintoaccessthisFREEcontent Registernoworlogintoaccess LANGUAGE English EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists French EnglishtoFrench FrenchtoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Quiz German EnglishtoGerman GermantoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Quiz Italian EnglishtoItalian ItaliantoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Quiz Spanish EnglishtoSpanish SpanishtoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Quiz Portuguese EnglishtoPortuguese PortuguesetoEnglish Conjugations Hindi EnglishtoHindi HinditoEnglish Chinese EnglishtoChinese ChinesetoEnglish Quiz Korean EnglishtoKorean KoreantoEnglish TRANSLATOR GAMES Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists Frenchgrammar Germangrammar Italiangrammar MandarinChinesecharacters Spanishgrammar Scrabble ScrabbleHome Wordchecker Help Tools SCHOOLS HomeSchool PrimarySchool SecondarySchool BLOG RESOURCES Resources CollinsWordoftheDay PaulNobleMethod VideoPronunciations WordoftheYear