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- [hwuht-ev-er, hwot-, hwuh t-, wuht-, wot-, wuh t-]
- /ʰwʌtˈɛv ər, ʰwɒt-, ʰwət-, wʌt-, wɒt-, wət-/
- /wɒtˈevə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hwuht-ev-er, hwot-, hwuh t-, wuht-, wot-, wuh t-]
- /ʰwʌtˈɛv ər, ʰwɒt-, ʰwət-, wʌt-, wɒt-, wət-/
Definitions of whatever word
- adjective whatever in any amount; to any extent: whatever merit the work has. 1
- adjective whatever no matter what: whatever rebuffs he might receive. 1
- adjective whatever being what or who it may be: Whatever the reason, he refuses to go. 1
- adjective whatever of any kind (used as an intensifier following the noun or pronoun it modifies): any person whatever. 1
- noun whatever Used to express skepticism or exasperation. 1
- pronoun whatever anything 1
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Origin of whatever
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at what, ever
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Whatever
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
whatever popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
whatever usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for whatever
pronoun whatever
- anything — You use anything in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nothing is present or that an action or event does not or cannot happen.
- everything — All things; all the things of a group or class.
- whatsoever — At all (used for emphasis).
- all — You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind.
- any — You use any in statements with negative meaning to indicate that no thing or person of a particular type exists, is present, or is involved in a situation.
adverb whatever
- at all — You use at all at the end of a clause to give emphasis in negative statements, conditional clauses, and questions.
adjective whatever
- anyhow — Anyhow means the same as anyway.
- whatnot — a stand with shelves for bric-a-brac, books, etc.
- and the like — If you mention particular things or people and then add and the like, you are indicating that there are other similar things or people that can be included in what you are saying.
- and all — You use and all when you want to emphasize that what you are talking about includes the thing mentioned, especially when this is surprising or unusual.
noun whatever
- all that jazz — (Idiomatic) Everything else related to something; other similar things.
- all that — You use all that in statements with negative meaning when you want to weaken the force of what you are saying.
general whatever
- a bit — A bit of something is a small amount of it.
- a little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- in general — of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
Top questions with whatever
- whatever people say i am that's what i m not?
- whatever people say i am that's what i'm not?
- whatever i do what i want?
- what does whatever mean?
- why ike whatever do you mean?
- what does whatever floats your boat mean?
- whatever whatever i do what i want?
- whatever i do what i want gif?
- how do you say whatever in spanish?
- games where you can do whatever you want?
- how to say whatever in spanish?
- cartman whatever i do what i want?
- how to say whatever in french?
- when a girl says whatever?
- whatever vs what ever?
See also
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