whatever
Americanpronoun
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anything that (usually used in relative clauses).
Whatever you say is all right with me.
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(used relatively to indicate a quantity of a specified or implied antecedent).
Take whatever you like of these.
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no matter what.
Do it, whatever happens.
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any or any one of a number of things whether specifically known or not.
papers, magazines, or whatever.
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what (used interrogatively).
Whatever do you mean?
adjective
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in any amount; to any extent.
whatever merit the work has.
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no matter what.
whatever rebuffs he might receive.
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being what or who it may be.
Whatever the reason, he refuses to go.
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of any kind (used as an intensifier following the noun or pronoun it modifies).
any person whatever.
interjection
pronoun
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everything or anything that
do whatever he asks you to
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no matter what
whatever he does, he is forgiven
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informal an unknown or unspecified thing or things
take a hammer, chisel, or whatever
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an intensive form of what, used in questions
whatever can he have said to upset her so much?
determiner
adjective
interjection
Etymology
Origin of whatever
Example Sentences
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But at the end of the day, he’s got to be healthy and we’re going to do whatever we can to make that happen.”
From Los Angeles Times
With voters fed up, this week's result and months of polling show voters are hungry for something new, whatever that may be.
From BBC
Her half goes into an irrevocable trust to support the husband during his lifetime, and whatever is left later goes to the other named beneficiaries, such as their children.
From Barron's
You can go deeper into the history of women's football, but you can also just go to the first trophy, for 56 years or whatever it was, that England had won.
From BBC
“He just wrote whatever came out of him. There was no, ‘I wonder what Fleetwood Mac’s up to…’ ”
From Los Angeles Times
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