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whenever

/wəˈnɛvə/

adverb

Meaning

  • (interrogative) When ever: emphatic form of when.

    "Whenever will I find time to finish that jigsaw?"

  • At any time.

    "Feel free to visit whenever."

conjunction

Meaning

  • At any time that.

    "Visit whenever you want to."

  • At the (single) time that, no matter when.

    "Tomorrow I'll get up whenever the sun rises."

  • Every time that.

    "Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch."

  • Regardless of the time that.

    "Income must be reported in the period in which it is earned, whenever payment is actually received."

  • When.

    "Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas."