Definitions of whatever [ʰwʌtˈɛv ər, ʰwɒt-, ʰwət-, wʌt-, wɒt-, wət-]

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Definition of 'whatever'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (pron.) whatever
anything that (usu. used in relative clauses):
Do whatever you like.

2.  whatever
(used relatively to indicate a quantity of a specified or implied antecedent):
Take whatever you like of these.

3.  whatever
no matter what:
Do it, whatever happens.

4.  whatever
any or any one of a number of things whether specifically known or not:
papers, magazines, or whatever.

5.  whatever
what (used interrogatively):
Whatever do you mean?

6. (adj.) whatever
in any amount; to any extent:
whatever merit the work has.

7.  whatever
no matter what:
whatever rebuffs you might receive.

8.  whatever
being what or who it may be:
Whatever the reason, she refuses to go.

9.  whatever
of any kind (used as an intensifier following the noun or pronoun it modifies):
any person whatever.

10. (interj.) whatever
(used to indicate indifference to a state of affairs, situation, previous statement, etc.)

Etymology: (1300–50)

Definition of 'whatever'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) any(a), whatever, whatsoever
one or some or every or all without specification
"give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"

Definition of 'whatever'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (determiner) whatever
indicates anything or everything
They took whatever food they could find.

2.  whatever
indicates it does not matter which thing is chosen, happens, etc.
Whatever time you can come is fine.

3. (pronoun) whatever
indicates anything or everything
Eat whatever you want.

4.  whatever
indicates it does not matter which thing is chosen, happens, etc.
Whatever we do, it can't change the past.

5.  whatever
indicates you do not know what sth is
He mentioned a "wildcard," whatever that is.

6.  whatever
emphasizes shock or anger in a question
Whatever did you think you were doing?

7. (interjection) whatever
indicates you do not have a preference
"Do you want tea or coffee?" "Whatever. Either is fine."

8.  whatever
whatever!
used as a reply to show you are not interested
"I'm going without you, then." "Whatever!"

Definition of 'whatever'

Webster Dictionary

1. whatever
anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively

Translation of 'whatever'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: any (thing(s) or amount) that I'll lend you whatever (books) you need.
Afrikaans: watookal	Arabic: أي شَيءٍ	Bulgarian: каквото и
Brazilian: todo(s) o(s)/ tudo o que	Czech: cokoli, jakýkoli	German: alles was
Danish: hvilken som helst	Greek: όποιος, ό,τι	Spanish: todo(s) lo(s) ... que
Estonian: mis iganes, mida iganes	Farsi: هراندازه	Finnish: mikä hyvänsä
French: tout (...) que	Hebrew: מַה שֶׁ-	Hindi: जो कुछ
Croatian: što god, koji god	Hungarian: ami(t) csak; bármilyen	Indonesian: apa saja
Icelandic: hvaða (magn/upphæð) sem e	Italian: qualunque, qualsiasi	Japanese: ～するものは何でも
Korean: …하는 것(일)은 무엇이든	Lithuanian: bet kuris, bet kas	Latvian: kāds vien; cik vien
Malay: apa saja	Dutch: wat, welke ... ook	Norwegian: akkurat det som
Polish: cokolwiek, jakikolwiek	Portuguese: todo(s) o(s)/ tudo o que	Romanian: tot... ce/care
Russian: любой; всё, что	Slovak: akýkoľvek, čokoľvek	Slovenian: katerikoli; karkoli; kako
Serbian: štagod	Swedish: vad, det, vad (vilken, vi	Thai: ไม่ว่าอะไรก็ตาม
Turkish: her ne, her neresi, herha	Taiwanese: 任何(事物或數量)	Ukrainian: все, що
Urdu: جو بھی	Vietnamese: bất cứ thứ gì	Chinese: 凡是...的事物
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