what's
Asking about something
What's is the contraction of "what is" or "what has": What's going on?
What's happened to you?
It appears in countless everyday questions and exclamations: What's up?
What's the matter?
What's for dinner?
The form also works as "what does" in casual speech: What's it matter?
Request for information
- askingPosing questions
- wonderingFeeling curiosity about something
- curiousEager to learn
- explainMake something understood
tell me · clarify · specify · identify · define · describe · information · details
Event in progress
- going onIn the process
- matterSpace-occupying substance with mass
- problemMatter requiring resolution
- issuePoint of contention
situation · deal · story · news · update · status · scoop · latest
Informal greeting or summons
- helloCommon spoken greeting
- hiInformal spoken salutation
- supInformal hello query
- howdyInformal rural greeting
yo · greetings · how's it going · how are you · long time · catch up · checking in
Came into being
- occurredTook place in time
- changedMade or became different
- beenPast participle of "be"
- doneNo longer in progress
gotten · become · transpired · taken place · gone on · come about · resulted · developed
question
Request for information
explain · tell me · clarify · specify · identify · define · describe · information · details · particulars
happening
Event in progress
issue · situation · deal · story · news · update · status · scoop · latest · current
hey
Informal greeting or summons
howdy · yo · greetings · how's it going · how are you · long time · catch up · checking in
happened
Came into being
done · gotten · become · transpired · taken place · gone on · come about · resulted · developed · emerged
- guess whatPhrase preceding surprising news
- what's upCasual inquiry greeting
- so whatExpression of indifference
- what do you meanDemand for clarification
- what the hellExclamation of disbelief
- what ifWords introducing a hypothesis