Definitions for whatever
ʰwʌtˈɛv ər, ʰwɒt-, ʰwət-, wʌt-, wɒt-, wət-what·ev·er

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. any(a), whatever, whatsoever(adj)

   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"

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1. whatever(Pronoun)

   Anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.

2. whatever(Adjective)

   Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.

   Whatever choice you make, there will be consequences.

3. whatever(Adjective)

   No matter which; for any

   Whatever choice you make, there will be consequences.

4. whatever(Adjective)

   Anything that.

   Whatever you say is fine with me.

5. whatever(Interjection)

   A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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1. Whatever

   "Whatever" is the sixth song performed by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, for her album Loveppears. The song was written by Hamsaki herself, composed by Kazuhito Kikuchi and produced by Max Matsuura. The song is a trance and electronic dance. The album version, which is the Dub 1999 Remix was released as the single version. The J Version was released with the single version. It is over seven minutes long. "Whatever" peaked at number 5 on the Japanese Oricon charts. In the music video, it features Hamasaki in a white baby-blue room where water falls, where she is sitting on a seat in a white suit. In the video, small intercut scenes of a boy in an angel costume is seen. Critical reception was mostly positive from critics. The song was released February 10, 1999 in Japan, and later released worldwide digitally.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'whatever' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #916

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'whatever' in Written Corpus Frequency: #332

Anagrams for whatever »

1. everwhat

How to pronounce whatever?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say whatever in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whatever in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whatever in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of whatever in a Sentence

1. Matt Meilstrup:

   What we do is... we teach a lot of the practical elements, navigation, the fundamentals of how to combat causalities, how to stay on watches. Really, it’s training our officers to respond to whatever issues they may face in the future.

2. C. S. Lewis:

   It is hard to have patience with people who say There is no death or Death doesn't matter. There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter.

3. Anuj Somany:

   A gentleman sees the people as they actually are character-wise and not how he himself is nature-wise and so he always says honestly whatever his heart feels like, good or bad, about their attitude.

4. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The speaker of The House says that Senate Republicans refuses to accept this acquittal, whatever that means. Perhaps Senate Republicans will tear up the verdict like Senate Republicans tore up the State of the Union address. So I would ask my distinguished colleagues across the aisle, is this really, really where you want to go ?

5. Li Ganjie:

   Whatever the difficulties, we will help them find a reasonable solution.

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