either way

English

Pronunciation

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Adverb

either way (not comparable)

1. Regardless of what happens (out of two possible situations).

   Synonym: regardless

   Just buy it or don't buy it. Either way, we have to get going.

   I'm not sure if I can make it to the party. Either way, I'll let you know beforehand.

Derived terms

• either-way offence

Translations

regardless of what happens

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無論如何／无论如何 (zh) (wúlùnrúhé), 不管怎樣／不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng), 反正 (zh) (fǎnzheng)

• Danish: uanset hvad
• Finnish: miten vain, kummin vain
• French: peu importe (fr), dans un cas comme dans l’autre
• German: so oder so
• Greek: όπως και να έχει (ópos kai na échei)
• Hungarian: mindenesetre (hu)
• Italian: in ambo i casi, in un modo o nell'altro, ad ogni modo, in tutti i modi, in ogni modo, a prescindere
• Polish: tak czy inaczej
• Romanian: oricum (ro)
• Russian: в любо́м слу́чае (ru) (v ljubóm slúčaje)
• Spanish: en cualquier caso