whatever
Unexceptional or unimportantUnexceptional or unimportant; blah.
» You can take whatever you like.
Можеш взяти будь-який, що тобі до сподоби. — Ahha
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1 senses(colloquial)Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
- one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential
Examples
1686 sentencesYou can take whatever you like.
Можеш взяти будь-який, що тобі до сподоби. — Ahha
You can say whatever you want.
Можеш казати все, що захочеш. — deniko
ruТы можешь сказать все, что хочешь. — Balamax
deDu kannst sagen, was auch immer du willst. — Yorwba
Do whatever you have to do.
Роби те, що мусиш. — deniko
ruДелай что должен. — sharptoothed
deTu, was immer du tun musst. — Felixjp
You can have whatever you want.
Можеш взяти, що хочеш. — deniko
ruМожете есть что хотите. — marafon
Let Tom read whatever he wants.
Хай Том читає, що хоче. — deniko
Origin
From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + -ever.From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + -ever.
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Forms
more whatever, most whatever| Comparative | more whatever Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most whatever Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential:anywhatsoever
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- to do whatever
- can do whatever
- will do whatever
- whatever happens
- may do whatever
- whatever needs needs
- eat whatever
- could do whatever
- can say whatever
- buy whatever
- whatever happened to
- do whatever needs