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wherever
English
Alternative forms
- whereever (obsolete)
Etymology
From where +? ever
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /(h)w????v?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w?????v?/
- Rhymes: -?v?(?)
Adverb
wherever (not comparable)
- An emphatic form of where.
- Wherever have you been all my life?
Usage notes
- Used emphatically, wherever may be two words (where ever) when used in questions, though the single word is more common, especially in US usage.
Synonyms
- everwhere (US, dialectal, Appalachia)
Translations
Conjunction
wherever
- In or to whatever place; anywhere.
- In all places; everywhere.
Translations
See also
- thereabout, thereafter, thereagainst, thereat, thereby, therefor, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinafter, thereof, thereon, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal
- hereabout, hereafter, hereat, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereunder, hereupon, herewith
- whereabouts, whereas, whereafter, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal
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whatever
English
Etymology
what +? -ever
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??t??v?/, /w?t??v?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /w?t??v?/, /w????v?/
- Rhymes: -?v?(r)
Unusually, the /t/ in whatever may be flapped in certain dialects, despite preceding a stressed syllable.
Determiner
whatever
- no matter what; for any
- (relative) Anything that.
Derived terms
- whateverism
- whateverness
- whatsoever
Related terms
- whatever creams your twinkie
- whatever floats your boat
- whatever it takes
Translations
Pronoun
whatever
- No matter what; for any
- (relative) Anything; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
Translations
Interjection
whatever
- (colloquial, dismissive) A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.
Usage notes
- Tone of voice is particularly important here in playing up or playing down the dismissive quality of the word.
Synonyms
- so what
- whoopee do
- meh
- whatev
Translations
Adjective
whatever (comparative more whatever, superlative most whatever)
- (colloquial) Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
- (dated, postpositive) At all, absolutely, whatsoever.
- 1864, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid (page 207)
- So then arose the horrible confusion perpetuated ever since, of perversely different kinds of weights, jostling each other in Britain; Troy weight and Avoirdupois weight and Apothecaries' weight, wherein or whereamongst every one is at sea with regard to testing them, and no one whatever is satisfied.
- 1864, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid (page 207)
Noun
whatever (plural whatevers)
- (colloquial) Something whose exact kind or nature is unimportant; a thingy.
- 2003, David Soubly, Santa, CEO (page 91)
- How would you feel if you're a plant elf, and your daily bonus is tied to the number of whatevers you produce, and then this big clumsy thing barges in and knocks your rate back for the whole week?
- 2003, David Soubly, Santa, CEO (page 91)
Related terms
References
- whatever at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- everwhat
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- what whatever it takes lyrics
- what whatever means when a woman says it
- what whatever you want
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