what of

adverb

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

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Meanings

adverb
  1. What about; used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.
preposition
  1. rareBecause of, due to.

    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.

    1903 July, Jack London, “The Toil of Trace and Trail”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 152

    Synonyms: what with

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionBecause of, due to.

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APA

what of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20of

MLA

“what of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20of. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “what of,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20of.

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