📖 Definitions of "Whether"
pronoun
- 1
Which of two.
conjunction
- 1
Introducing a direct interrogative question (often with correlative or) which indicates doubt between alternatives.
- 2
Used to introduce an indirect interrogative question that consists of multiple alternative possibilities (usually with correlative or).
"He chose the correct answer, but I don't know whether it was by luck or (whether it was) by skill."
- 3
Without a correlative, used to introduce a simple indirect question.
"Do you know whether he's coming?"
- 4
Used to introduce a disjunctive adverbial clause which qualifies the main clause of the sentence (with correlative or).
"He's coming, whether you like it or not."
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