Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. At whatever time.
- adv. When. See Usage Note at whatever.
- conj. At whatever time that: We can leave whenever you're ready.
- conj. Every time that: The child smiles whenever the puppy appears.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- At whatever time; at what time soever.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. At whatever time.
Examples
“We took the business out of the hands of Lord Beauchamp, because it ought to be conducted by Government; and that will be the best reason for resigning it into other hands whenever we shall cease to stand in that character; which _whenever_ must, I think, arrive in the course of a very few days.”
“Finance Minister Colin Hansen says he is not giving up his seat for Premier-designate Christy Clark, and is inclined to seek another term whenever the next election is held.”
“And everyone in school hears him say her name whenever he falls asleep in class.”
“Class, please remember to include a title whenever you prepare an oral or written report.”
“This Indian was always called “the Prince” in the hotel, though he was not a prince at all, and never pretended to be one, but disclaimed the title whenever he had a chance.”
“Libby introduced Grace as Dr. Breen, and drove on, and Maynard gave her the title whenever he addressed her, with a perfect effect of single-mindedness in his gravity, as if it were an every-day thing with him to meet young ladies who were physicians.”
“This Indian was always called "the Prince" in the hotel, though he was not a prince at all, and never pretended to be one, but disclaimed the title whenever he had a chance.”
Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894
“AT&T Retail employees are encouraged to use the name whenever possible, although never mandated to use it a certain number of times.”
“It seems French director Josiane Balasko's films include the word "French" in the title whenever they are translated for the American market.”
“After my aura riff last time around, I now use the term whenever I need a space-holder for something unexplained.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whenever’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
about, above, across, after, afterwards, again, against, all, almost, alone, along, already and 291 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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savage215's Words
pipe, yankee, knickerbocker, tennis, plasma, magma, volcano, car, truck, television, tv, word and 445 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Monovocalics
Words that have only one of the vowels. On this list I include only words with at least three vowels. When I first started the list, if a word had several forms, I generally listed only the one wit...
syzygy, mirific, cumulus, homolog, monocot, bedewed, jezebel, referee, bikini, minikin, locomotor, terebenthene and 2359 more...
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Cohesion
even if, as though, when, although, because, as long as, as, until, before, than, whenever, while and 7 more...
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time zones
time zone, transient, hitherto, now, meanwhile, hereafter, henceforth, forthwith, ere, while, hebdomadally, sometimes and 9 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for whenever.
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