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whoever
[hoo-ev-er]
pronoun
possessive
whosever ,objective
whomever .whatever person; anyone that.
Whoever did it should be proud. Ask whoever is there. Tell it to whomever you like.
no matter who.
I won't do it, whoever asks.
who? what person? (used to express astonishment, disbelief, disdain, etc.).
Whoever is that? Whoever told you such a thing?
whoever
/ ːˈɛə /
pronoun
any person who; anyone that
whoever wants it can have it
no matter who
I'll come round tomorrow, whoever may be here
an intensive form of who, used in questions
whoever could have thought that?
informalan unknown or unspecified person
give those to John, or Cathy, or whoever
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
“We thought we too would be raided, and we heard they were taking whoever,” Lew said.
“That’s more her brand — to get things done with whoever she needs to get them done with,” said Ange-Marie Hancock, who leads Ohio State University’s Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.
Everyone loves him because whoever he goes to, he gives 110%.
No replacement has yet been nominated, but “I don’t think anyone is thinking this is going to be a better outcome for the space agency, whoever Trump nominates,” Dreier says.
“They tell you: ‘Go fight, and whoever dies, dies.’
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