why
adverb/waɪ/CEFR A1কেন
Meaning
Used to ask or explain the reason for something.
Example sentences
- Why were you absent?তুমি কেন অনুপস্থিত ছিলে?
- That is why I came early.সেজন্যই আমি আগে এসেছি।
“why” elsewhere on EnglishBD
The preposition belongs to the word standing in front of it, not to the meaning of the sentence, which is why you cannot work it out and have to learn the pair whole.
Appropriate Prepositions in English →A student stands up in class and says, “Sir, I am boring.” The room laughs, and the student cannot work out why.
-ed and -ing Adjectives: Bored or Boring? →Knowing that is worth more than memorising the list, because it tells you exactly which three groups will feel unfamiliar and why.
Parts of Speech in English →
Where this word is used
Check yourself
“why” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • কেন
- • হুড়মুড় করে, বেপরোয়া গতিতে
- • মূলত, আসলে
- • প্রায়
Show the answer
কেন — why (adverb) — কেন. Used to ask or explain the reason for something.
Related words
- whollyসম্পূর্ণরূপেnearby
- whooshশোঁ শব্দ (দ্রুত বাতাস চিরে যাওয়ার)nearby
- wickসলতেnearby
- wickednessদুষ্টতা, পাপাচারnearby
- wifeস্ত্রী, বউsame level
- willভবিষ্যতে ঘটবে বোঝায়; ইচ্ছাশক্তি; উইল, দলিলsame level
- windowজানালাsame level
- winterশীতকালsame level
- withসঙ্গে, দিয়েsame level
- withoutছাড়া, ব্যতীতsame level
- womanনারী, মহিলাsame level
- woodকাঠsame level