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Definition of "whatever" []

  • Everything or anything that: Do whatever you please. (pronoun)
  • What amount that; the whole of what: Whatever is left over is yours. (pronoun)
  • No matter what: Whatever happens, we'll meet here tonight. (pronoun)
  • Which thing or things; what: Whatever does he mean? (pronoun)
  • Informal What remains and need not be mentioned; what have you: Please bring something to the party-pretzels, crackers, whatever. (pronoun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "whatever" in a sentence
  • "GB & I love to be around them and always say, yes yes yes bring the baby, the kid, whatever, when we go to dinner or when you come over or whatever…"
  • "They mean renouncing whatever is opposed to the reliance others have in us, —whatever would cause misery to those whom the course of our lives has made dependent on us."
  • "- (id) initWithWhatever: (id) whatever if ((self = [self init])) _whatever = [whatever retain]; return self;"