I'll bet Madonna doesn't return to her career for awhile.
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Awhile
//əˈwaɪl//
Synonyms for "awhile" (12 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adverb(2 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (6)
Adverb(6 words)
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Translations
26 translations across 16 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- কিছুক্ষন adv (For some time; for a short time)
Bulgarian
1 entries- за изве́стно вре́ме adv (For some time; for a short time)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 一會兒 /一会儿 adv (For some time; for a short time)
Esperanto
1 entries- dum iom da tempo adv (For some time; for a short time)
Finnish
4 entries- hetken adv (For some time; for a short time)
- hetken aikaa adv (For some time; for a short time)
- hetkisen adv (For some time; for a short time)
- vähän aikaa adv (For some time; for a short time)
French
3 entries- un instant adv (For some time; for a short time)
- un moment adv (For some time; for a short time)
- un peu adv (For some time; for a short time)
German
1 entries- eine Weile adv (For some time; for a short time)
Hindi
1 entries- तब तक adv (In the meantime; meanwhile)
Indonesian
1 entries- sebentar adv (For some time; for a short time)
Irish
3 entries- ar feadh píosa adv (For some time; for a short time)
- ar feadh tamaill adv (For some time; for a short time)
- go fóill adv (For some time; for a short time)
Italian
1 entries- per un po' adv (For some time; for a short time)
Japanese
2 entries- 既にして adv (In the meantime; meanwhile)
- 暫く adv (For some time; for a short time)
Korean
1 entries- 잠깐 adv (For some time; for a short time)
Portuguese
1 entries- por um tempo adv (For some time; for a short time)
Russian
2 entries- на не́которое вре́мя adv (For some time; for a short time)
- ненадо́лго adv (For some time; for a short time)
Spanish
2 entries- algún tiempo adv (For some time; for a short time)
- un rato adv (For some time; for a short time)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It will take awhile for the cement to dry before we can use it to park the car.
Source: tatoeba (51281)
He made a motion that we stop and rest awhile.
Source: tatoeba (301149)
The operation was really touch and go there for awhile but the doctor thinks he'll pull through.
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