whenever
//wəˈnɛvə//
Definitions
1.At any time.(colloquial)
- Feel free to visit whenever.
1.At any time that.
- Visit whenever you want to.
2.At the (single) time that, no matter when.
- Tomorrow I'll get up whenever the sun rises.
3.Every time that.
- 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.
4.Regardless of the time that.
- Income must be reported in the period in which it is earned, whenever payment is actually received.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2285
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English whan evere, whanne ever, whanne evere, whener, when ever; equivalent to when + ever.