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Definitions for Whilst
ʰwaɪlst, waɪlstwhilst
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whilstconjunction
While, at the same time.
Etymology: From. Cognate with wylst. More at whiles.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
While, Whiles, Whilstadverb
Whiles is now out of use.
Etymology: hwile , Saxon.
Whiles I was protector,
Pity was all the fault that was in me. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.What we have, we prize not to the worth,
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lackt and lost,
Why, then we rack the value. William Shakespeare.Repeated, while the sedentary earth
Attains her end. John Milton.Use your memory, and you will sensibly experience a gradual improvement, while you take care not to over-load it. Isaac Watts, Logick.
Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God, for your professed subjection unto the Gospel. 2 Cor. ix.
Can he imagine that God sends forth an irresistible strength against some sins, whilst in others he permits men a power of repelling his grace? Decay of Piety.
Wikipedia
whilst
While is a word in the English language that functions both as a noun and as a subordinating conjunction. Its meaning varies largely based on its intended function, position in the phrase and even the writer or speaker's regional dialect. As a conjunction, it is synonymous with the word whilst, a form often considered archaic in American English, as well as in some style guides on both sides of the Atlantic.
Webster Dictionary
Whilstadverb
while
Etymology: [From Whiles; cf. Amongst.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Whilst' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1808
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Whilst' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1931
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Whilst in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Whilst in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Whilst in a Sentence
Formula One managing director:
Everybody will be tested and will have a clearance before they even go into the paddock, and then every two days they'll be tested whilst in the paddock and that will be with an authorised authority and consistent.
Norfolk Area corner Yvonne Blake said.But because of Norfolk Area corner Yvonne Blake family history with DVT, doesnt that make Norfolk Area corner Yvonne Blake out of the range of the average patient ? She was out for three hours having multiple procedures. MODEL HAD BREAST IMPLANTS REMOVED AFTER BODY BEGAN REJECTING THEM Blake suggested that it may have been more appropriate for Ms Harvey to have the drugs due to Ms Harvey tummy tuck which would have reduced Ms Harvey mobility while Ms Harvey recovered, making a blood clot more likely. Chris Mellor, representing Transform, said that guidelines about the prescribing of anticoagulant drugs were not firm rules. Whilst there are guidelines, they are not necessarily guidelines that apply to this particular type of surgery.
Isaac Newton, From Brewster, Memoirs of Newton (1855):
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
The most embarrassing thing a human being can experience is when they spam a sentence and accidently say ''v'' whilst attempting to paste the sentance.
Demand for water will rise as the population grows, whilst water supply is likely to reduce as the effects of climate change kick in, around 25 years from now, where those two lines cross is known by some as the jaws of death -- the point at which we will not have enough water to supply our needs, unless we take action to change things.
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