conjunction
1 used to express a doubt or choice between two possibilities:
He seemed undecided whether to go or stay. * It remains to be seen whether or not this idea can be put into practice. * I asked him whether he had done it all himself or whether someone had helped him. * I'll see whether she's at home (= or not at home). * It's doubtful whether there'll be any seats left. -< IF
2 used to show that sth is true in either of two cases:
You are entitled to a free gift whether you accept our offer of insurance or not. * I'm going whether you like it or not. * Whether or not we're successful, we can be sure that we did our best.
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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 whether is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does whether appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — whether appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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