Whatever

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whatever \What*ev"er\, pron.
     Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being
     this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another;
     anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all
     particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.
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           Whatever fortune stays from his word.    --Shak.
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           Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields. --Milton.
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           Whatever be its intrinsic value.         --J. H.
                                                    Newman.
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     Note: Whatever often follows a noun, being used elliptically.
           "There being no room for any physical discovery
           whatever" [sc. it may be]. --Whately.
           [1913 Webster] Whatnot

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whatever
       adj : one or some or every or all without specification; "give me
             any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left";
             "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day
             now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at
             twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need
             any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you
             don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left" [syn: {any(a)},
              {whatsoever}]