whenever
Part of speech: conj
adv
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English whan evere, whanne ever, whanne evere, whener, when ever; equivalent to when + ever.
Compound parts: when
ever
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: At any time that.
pos: conj
examples: Visit whenever you want to.
I did not see the program, but Mrs. Nixon told me that you were great on the Donahue Show.
As you can imagine, she is an expert on politics and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for office you will be a winner!
gloss: At the (single) time that, no matter when.
pos: conj
examples: Tomorrow I'll get up whenever the sun rises.
gloss: Every time that.
pos: conj
examples: Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.
Working around an ancient monument has meant having an archaeologist on site whenever there were excavations.
gloss: Regardless of the time that.
pos: conj
examples: Income must be reported in the period in which it is earned, whenever payment is actually received.
gloss: When.
pos: conj
tags: Ireland
US
nonstandard
regional
examples: Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.
gloss: When ever: emphatic form of when.
pos: adv
tags: dated
interrogative
examples: Whenever will I find time to finish that jigsaw?
gloss: At any time.
pos: adv
tags: colloquial
examples: Feel free to visit whenever.
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1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
Derived words: whenever one turns around
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lang: Indonesian
word: setiap