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whenever

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English whan evere, whanne ever, whanne evere, whener, when ever; equivalent to when +‎ ever.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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whenever

  1. At any time that.
    Visit whenever you want to.
    • 1987 December 21, Richard Nixon, Letters to Trump, Winning Team Publishing, published 2023, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10:
      I did not see the program, but Mrs. Nixon told me that you were great on the Donahue Show.
      As you can imagine, she is an expert on politics and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for office you will be a winner!
  2. At the (single) time that, no matter when.
    Tomorrow I'll get up whenever the sun rises.
  3. Every time that.
    Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.
    • 2024 January 24, Peter Plisner, “Rising to the University challenge”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 61:
      Working around an ancient monument has meant having an archaeologist on site whenever there were excavations.
  4. Regardless of the time that.
    Income must be reported in the period in which it is earned, whenever payment is actually received.
  5. (Ireland, regional US, nonstandard) When.
    Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.

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Translations

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Adverb

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whenever

  1. (interrogative) When ever: emphatic form of when.
    Whenever will I find time to finish that jigsaw?
  2. At any time.
    Feel free to visit whenever.

Translations

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See also

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(Here-, there-, and where- words):
Pronominal adverbs
about abouts across after again against along among amongst anent[1] around as at beit beside between beyond by ever for fore forth forward forwards from hence inabove inafter inbefore inbelow inelsewhere insoever into inunder mid[2] of on out over so soever somedever somever[3] through throughout to tofore unto up upon ward wards with withal within without
hence henceafter henceforth henceforward henceforwards hencefrom
here hereabout hereabouts hereafter hereagainst hereamong hereamongst hereanent hereat hereby herefor herefore hereforth hereforward herefowards herefrom herehence hereinabove hereinafter hereinbefore hereinbelow hereinelsewhere hereinsoever hereinto hereinunder heremid hereof hereon hereout hereover heresoever herethrough herethroughout hereto heretofore hereunto hereupon herewith herewithal herewithin
hither hitherto hitherunto hitherward hitherwards
how howbeit however howso howsoever howsomedever howsomever
thence thenceafter thenceforth thenceforward thenceforwards thencefrom thenceout
there thereabout thereabouts thereacross thereafter thereagain thereagainst therealong thereamong thereamongst thereanent therearound thereat therebeside therebetween therebeyond thereby therever therefor therefore thereforth therefrom therehence thereinabove thereinafter thereinbefore thereinbelow thereinto thereinunder theremid thereof thereon thereout thereover theresoever therethrough therethroughout thereto theretofore thereunto thereup thereupon therewith therewithal therewithin therewithout
thither thitherinsoever thitherto thitherward thitherwards
what whatever whatso whatsoever whatsomedever whatsomever
when whenabout whenabouts whenas whenever whenso whensoever whensomever
whence whenceafter whencever whenceforth whenceforward whencefrom whenceward whencewards
where whereabout whereabouts whereafter whereagainst wherealong whereamong whereamongst whereanent wherearound whereas whereat wherebeside wherebetween wherebeyond whereby wherever wherefor wherefore whereforth wherefrom wherehence whereinabove whereinafter whereinbefore whereinbelow whereinsoever whereinto whereinunder wheremid whereof whereon whereout whereover whereso wheresoever wheresomever wherethrough wherethroughout whereto wheretofore whereunto whereup whereupon wherewith wherewithal wherewithin wherewithout
whither whitherever whitherinsoever whitherso whitherto whithertofore whitherward whitherwards
why whyever whyfor whyso whysoever
  1. ^ Scottish
  2. ^ from Middle English mid
  3. ^ old dialectal form

Anagrams

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