conjunction, adverb
conjunction
1 at any time that; on any occasion that:
You can ask for help whenever you need it.
2 every time that:
Whenever she comes, she brings a friend. * The roof leaks whenever it rains. * We try to help whenever possible.
3 used when the time when sth happens is not important:
'When do you need it by?' 'Saturday or Sunday. Whenever.' * It's not urgent-we can do it next week or whenever.
adverb used in questions to mean 'when', expressing surprise:
Whenever did you find time to do all that cooking?
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for whenever is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does whenever appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — whenever appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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