{
  "pronunciations": {
    "phonetic": "(h)wa\u026al",
    "listenurl": "/var/www/html/blab/mp3/dic/while.mp3",
    "transkor": "\ud558\ub294 \ub3d9\uc548\uc5d0"
  },
  "meansorg": [
    {
      "type": "Noun",
      "etymologies": "Old English hw\u012bl \u2018period of time\u2019, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijl, German Weile; the conjunction is an abbreviation of Old English th\u0101 hw\u012ble the \u2018the while that\u2019",
      "definitions": "a period of time",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "time"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "spell"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "stretch"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "stint"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "span"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "season"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "interval"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "period"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "period of time"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "length of time"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "duration"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "run"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "phase"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "stage"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "term"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "we chatted for a while",
        "she retired a little while ago"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Conjunction",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "during the time that; at the same time as",
      "synonyms": [],
      "examples": [
        "nothing much changed while he was away"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Adverb",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "during which",
      "synonyms": [],
      "examples": [
        "the period while the animal remains alive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Verb",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "pass time in a leisurely manner",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "pass"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "spend"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "occupy"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "use up"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "kill"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "beguile"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "a diversion to while away the long afternoons"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meanskor": [
    {
      "type": "\uba85\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "\uac8c\ub974\ub9cc\uc5b4\uc5d0\uc11c \uc720\ub798\ud55c \uace0\ub300 \uc601\uc5b4 huh\u00f6l '\uc2dc\uac04\uc758 \uae30\uac04'; \ub124\ub35c\ub780\ub4dc\uc5b4 wijl, \ub3c5\uc77c\uc5b4 wile; \uc811\uc18d\uc0ac\ub294 \uace0\ub300 \uc601\uc5b4 hawele the while\uc758 \uc904\uc784\ub9d0\uc774\ub2e4.",
      "definitions": "\uc77c\uc815 \uae30\uac04",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "time"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "spell"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "stretch"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "stint"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "span"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "season"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "interval"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "period"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "period of time"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "length of time"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "duration"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "run"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "phase"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "stage"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "term"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "\uc6b0\ub9ac\ub294 \uc7a0\uc2dc \uc218\ub2e4\ub97c \ub5a8\uc5c8\ub2e4.",
        "\uadf8\ub140\ub294 \uc870\uae08 \uc804\uc5d0 \uc740\ud1f4\ud588\ub2e4."
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "\uc811\uc18d\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "\uadf8 \uae30\uac04 \ub3d9\uc548; \uc640 \ub3d9\uc2dc\uc5d0",
      "synonyms": [],
      "examples": [
        "\uadf8\uac00 \uc5c6\ub294 \ub3d9\uc548 \ud06c\uac8c \ubcc0\ud55c \uac83\uc740 \uc5c6\uc5c8\ub2e4."
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "\ubd80\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "\uadf8 \uc0ac\uc774\uc5d0",
      "synonyms": [],
      "examples": [
        "\uadf8 \ub3d9\ubb3c\uc774 \uc0b4\uc544 \uc788\ub294 \uae30\uac04"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "\ub3d9\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "\uc720\uc720\ud788 \uc138\uc6d4\uc744 \ubcf4\ub0b4\ub2e4",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "pass"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "spend"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "occupy"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "use up"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "kill"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "beguile"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "\uae34 \uc624\ud6c4\ub97c \ubcf4\ub0b4\ub294 \uae30\ubd84 \uc804\ud658"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "allphrases": [],
  "arrphraseskor": []
}