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whenever

[ wen-ev-er, hwen-, wuhn-, hwuhn- ]

conjunction

  1. at whatever time; at any time when:

    Come whenever you like.

  2. when? (used emphatically):

    Whenever did he say that?



whenever

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conjunction

  1. subordinating at every or any time that; when

    I laugh whenever I see that

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. no matter when

    it'll be here, whenever you decide to come for it

  2. informal.
    at an unknown or unspecified time

    I'll take it if it comes today, tomorrow, or whenever

  3. an intensive form of when, used in questions

    whenever did he escape?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of whenever1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; when, ever
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Midfielder John McGinn added to BBC Sport: "No matter what happens until now and whenever he leaves - we hope it's never - he will certainly go down as one of our club's greatest managers."

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Whenever the Trump administration exerted pressure, it was always on Kyiv, never on the Kremlin.

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Yet, as noted before, deficits and the national debt increased dramatically whenever they controlled the levers of power.

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"I think whenever you tell a story about young characters, you need to give them a certain amount of flexibility," Nathwani says.

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"The ability to record at home whenever I wanted allowed me to go into a wide variety of different musical directions," he said in a statement.

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