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whatever

/wʌtˈɛv.ɚ/ pronoun B1
  1. What ever; emphasised form of 'what', used to ask which thing, event, circumstance, etc. · Whatever do you mean?
  2. Regardless of anything that. · Whatever he does, he will still lose the game.· Whatever happens, stay calm.
  3. Anything that; all that. · Do whatever works.· I’ll do whatever I can.
  4. Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options. (informal) · I don't need any of this stuff, so take whatever.
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“Whatever can give his sister any pleasure, is sure to be done in a moment.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 279 · B2
341, whatever that may mean—and he made his escape through the window and across the moat at the very moment when Cecil Barker was discovering the crime.
The Valley of Fear, p. 43 · C1
She made no outcry whatever.
The Valley of Fear, p. 48 · C1
Whatever shall we do?”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 7 · B2

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