Can you use "what's the meaning of so-and-so" to ask the definition of a word?
My gues is you can't, although I saw someone did.
Thanks.
My gues is you can't, although I saw someone did.
Thanks.
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Alison
Can you use "what's the meaning of so-and-so" to ask the definition of a word?
My gues is you can't, although I saw someone did. Thanks.
According to my understanding,we use "what's the meaning of so-and-so"for knowing just the meaning....but for definition we want to explain about that subject more &more....so should use whats the definition of ..?
If im wrong plz correct me.....
You can ask the question a number of ways:
What's the meaning of ... ? What does ... mean? What's the definition of ... ? (sounds more formal)
By the way, "so-and-so" can only refer to a person, not a thing. You would have to say "What does SUCH-AND-SUCH mean?"
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