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whatever
[ wuht-ev-er, wot-, wuht-, hwuht-, hwot-, hwuht- ]
pronoun
- anything that (usually used in relative clauses):
Whatever you say is all right with me.
- (used relatively to indicate a quantity of a specified or implied antecedent):
Take whatever you like of these.
- no matter what:
Do it, whatever happens.
- any or any one of a number of things whether specifically known or not:
papers, magazines, or whatever.
- what (used interrogatively):
Whatever do you mean?
adjective
- in any amount; to any extent:
whatever merit the work has.
- no matter what:
whatever rebuffs he might receive.
- being what or who it may be:
Whatever the reason, he refuses to go.
- of any kind (used as an intensifier following the noun or pronoun it modifies):
any person whatever.
interjection
- (used to indicate indifference to a state of affairs, situation, previous statement, etc.)
whatever
/ wət-; wɒtˈɛvə /
pronoun
- everything or anything that
do whatever he asks you to
- no matter what
whatever he does, he is forgiven
- informal.an unknown or unspecified thing or things
take a hammer, chisel, or whatever
- an intensive form of what, used in questions
whatever can he have said to upset her so much?
determiner
- an intensive form of what
use whatever tools you can get hold of
adjective
- postpositive absolutely; whatsoever
I saw no point whatever in continuing
interjection
- informal.an expression used to show indifference or dismissal
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see or whatever .Example Sentences
Apple allowed developers to point users to the web to complete transactions for in-app purchases, but required developers to pay the company a 27% cut of whatever revenue they generated.
Last year, Mr Kretinsky told the BBC he would honour the service - in whatever form it takes - "for as long as I am alive".
For opposition parties none of this is likely to go far enough, whatever Morgan ends up saying.
Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said his former employee is well suited to handle whatever battles lie ahead.
The show challenges you in ways you don’t expect, and it teaches you to adapt and push through whatever comes your way.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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