whenever
/wəˈnɛvə//hwəˈnɛvɚ/
adverb
- 1
(interrogative) When ever: emphatic form of when.
“Whenever will I find time to finish that jigsaw?”
- 2
At any time.
“Feel free to visit whenever.”
conjunction
- 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.”
- 4
Regardless of the time that.
“Income must be reported in the period in which it is earned, whenever payment is actually received.”
- 5
When.
“Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.”
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