EGAVE

whatever

About 56.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
  2. determiner What ever; emphatic form of 'what'.
    Good heavens! Whatever time is it?!
  3. determiner Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that.
    Whatever your choice, there will be consequences.
  4. determiner Any ... that; of no matter what type or kind that.
    Whatever doubts I had were quickly dispelled.
  5. determiner Any; of no matter what type or kind.
    He must be stopped, whatever the cost.
  6. pronoun What ever; emphasised form of 'what', used to ask which thing, event, circumstance, etc.
    Whatever do you mean?
  7. pronoun Regardless of anything that.
    Whatever he does, he will still lose the game.
  8. pronoun Anything that; all that.
    Do whatever works.

Similar words

whatsoever any some anyways anyhow anyway what this that anything

Often followed by

the it is you may he they their was

Word family

whatevers

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