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huˈɛv ərwho·ev·er

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Wiktionary

  1. whoeverpronoun

    Whatever person or persons.

    Whoever thought up that stupid idea?

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Whoeverpronoun.

    Any one, without limitation or exception.

    Etymology: who and ever.

    Whoever doth to temperance apply
    His stedfast life, and all his actions frame,
    Trust me, shall find no greater enemy,
    Than stubborn perturbation to the same. Fairy Queen.

    I think myself beholden, whoever shews me my mistakes. John Locke.

    Whoe’er thou art, that fortune brings to keep
    The rights of Neptune, monarch of the deep;
    Thee first it fits, O stranger, to prepare
    The due libation, and the solemn prayer. Alexander Pope.

    Whoever is really brave, has always this comfort when he is oppress’d, that he knows himself to be superior to those who injure him, by forgiving it. Alexander Pope.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Whoever

    whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'whoever' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2199

Anagrams for whoever »

  1. however

  2. everwho

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of whoever in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of whoever in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of whoever in a Sentence

  1. Akhbar Banijamaat:

    Some people support Uber, the mayor supports Uber, i don't mind Uber, I think it's a beautiful idea, to whoever did it, very nice. But do it legal.

  2. Martha Beck:

    Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy…

  3. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere:

    They go on strike because they don't like the accommodation and they cause trouble because they don't like the food. They beat each other in the facilities for asylum seekers, that's still a minority at the moment but we have to say clearly that whoever comes to Germany ... must allow themselves to be distributed to wherever we send them, take part in a fair process and respect our legal system.

  4. Homer:

    Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.

  5. Horace:

    Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

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