whenever

/wəˈnɛvə//hwəˈnɛvɚ/

adverb

  1. 1

    (interrogative) When ever: emphatic form of when.

    “Whenever will I find time to finish that jigsaw?”
  2. 2

    At any time.

    “Feel free to visit whenever.”

conjunction

  1. 1

    At any time that.

    “Visit whenever you want to.”
  2. 2

    At the (single) time that, no matter when.

    “Tomorrow I'll get up whenever the sun rises.”
  3. 3

    Every time that.

    “Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.”
  4. 4

    Regardless of the time that.

    “Income must be reported in the period in which it is earned, whenever payment is actually received.”
  5. 5

    When.

    “Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.”

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