Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what of

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.34 in modern English

Syllables: what of
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

What about; used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.

prep

Because of, due to.

Example Sentences

"What of the thin and rotten ice he had felt under his feet all day, it seemed that he sensed disaster close at hand, out there ahead on the ice where his master was trying to drive him."

Phrases

what of it

Synonyms

what with

Questions

What does what of mean?: What about; used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.

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