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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. Mark Warner:

    If he doesn't do that, then I think it's going to be very difficult to solicit a lot of support from Democrats ... in terms of whoever the President picks to be a permanent FBI director.

  2. Raul Grijalva:

    The kind of entitlement sense that they brought into their positions -- like I'm not going to worry about these little ethics issues, what's that ? That doesn't apply to me. Hell with them, they shouldn't get the calendar. And I can meet whoever I want and nobody needs to know about it.

  3. Gustavo Reggi:

    Whoever is in front of us, we have to give our all.

  4. Enes Kanter Freedom:

    If you want another contract, if you want more endorsement deals, if you want other companies to work with you, you have to keep your mouth shut. You cannot criticize the league, the companies, Nike, or whoever - the players or superstars.

  5. Rex Tillerson:

    We look forward to a productive relationship with whoever the South Korean people elect to be their next President, my expectation that the new government in South Korea will continue to be supportive of the THAAD system.

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