y — meaning in English
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English meaning
- and conj Used to join two words, phrases, or ideas that go together.
Senses
y is used for these senses in English:
- and (now, colloquial, or, literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
- and Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]
- so what (informal, rhetorical question, impolite) Used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.
- what about Used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.
and — full definition
- conj Used to join two words, phrases, or ideas that go together.
- conj Used to link two clauses or sentences, often showing a sequence, result, or contrast.