What does whenever mean?

Definitions for whenever
ʰwɛnˈɛv ər, wɛn-, ʰwən-, wən-when·ev·er

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Wiktionary

  1. wheneveradverb

    At whatever time.

    Visit whenever you want to.

  2. wheneveradverb

    When.

    Whenever you get into town, come by and see me.

  3. wheneveradverb

    Every time.

    Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Whenever, Whensoeveradverb

    At whatsoever time.

    Etymology: when and ever, or soever.

    O welcome hour whenever! Why delays
    His hand to execute? John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    Men grow first acquainted with many of these self-evident truths, upon their being proposed; not because innate, but because the consideration of the nature of the things, contained in those words, would not suffer him to think otherwise, how or whensoever he is brought to reflection. John Locke.

    Our religion, whenever it is truly received into the heart, will appear in justice, friendship, and charity. John Rogers.

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  1. whenever

    Whenever is a conjunction that indicates an indefinite or unknown point in time when something will happen or be done. It is typically used to express a condition that triggers or initiates an action or event.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Whenever

    at whatever time

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'whenever' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3261

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'whenever' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2253

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'whenever' in Adverbs Frequency: #237

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of whenever in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of whenever in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of whenever in a Sentence

  1. Porsha Williams:

    Youre under a microscope, whenever Im around any of the girls its all love because we understand each others lives.

  2. Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk:

    I would say that whenever a targeted member talks about race or ethnicity, it is impossible for him to get it right. So I'll leave it at that.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    Whenever I'm talking to young women about politics, I always say, look, you don't have to run for office, you don't have to be actively involved, but you do have to exercise your brain in deciding what you believe and who you will support, and sometimes, it is choices between people that none of whom excite you, but study it enough to figure out, OK, if I vote for this person over that person, I'm more likely to see progress on something I care about.

  4. Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262.:

    Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.

  5. James R. Cook:

    Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they can from the government. Giveaway programs encourage every imaginable sort of cheating and dishonesty. Wheeling and dealing in food stamps is a way of life. Lying and fraud are commonplace. Whenever you're dependent on the money, the end justifies the means.

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