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whoever
[ hoo-ev-er ]
pronoun
- 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?
- informal.an unknown or unspecified person
give those to John, or Cathy, or whoever
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Whoever is leader, a Conservative Party projected to finish fourth in these elections is a Conservative Party in an existential crisis.
The center even staged a “sanitation contest” among inmates; whoever did the best job of cleaning was to be rewarded with a pizza party.
Wen-Ti Sung, an academic member of the Australian Centre on China in the World, puts it another way: "It's like two race cars going at each other: whoever swerves first will be seen as the weaker of the two parties. And at this juncture, neither party wants to look soft."
"Whoever seems desperate loses bargaining leverage," Mr Sung says.
But whoever wins, they will have a big job on their hands to navigate Australia's future with its allies.
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