1. To the same degree or amount
2. Tor instance
3. When considered in a specified form or relation — usually used before a preposition or a participle
ETYM Old Eng. when, whan, whenne, whanne, AS. hwaenne, hwanne, hwonne; akin to OS. hwan, OD. wan, Old High Germ. wanne, German wann when, wenn if, when, Goth. hwan when, and to Eng. who. Related to Who.
(Homonym: wen).
1. At what time; used interrogatively.
2. At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that.
3. Which time; then; -- used elliptically as a noun.
1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations that follow.
2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that precedes.
(dialect British) UNTIL.
1. During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that.
2. Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though.
(chiefly British) While.