wheneveradverb, conjunction
uk/wenˈev.ər/us/wenˈev.ɚ/B1 every or any time:
I blush whenever I think about it.
Whenever I go there they seem to be asleep.
I try to use olive oil whenever possible.
"Will it be okay if I do it tomorrow?" "Sure, whenever (= then or at any other time)."
Do it in a spare moment at the weekend or whenever - it really doesn't matter.
I'm talking about last July or whenever it was you got back from India.
More examples
- There's a night safe outside the bank, so you can deposit money whenever you wish.
- It's funny how Alec always disappears whenever there's work to be done.
- Just because I'm lending you my dress for tonight doesn't mean you can borrow it whenever you want to.
- He goes to the opera whenever he can.
- Come and see us whenever you're in town - you're always welcome.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Always & never
- again
- all along idiom
- all-time
- along
- always
- ever
- first
- hell
- in all my (born) days idiom
- in/through all the years idiom
- invariably
- month
- perpetual
- perpetually
- till/until kingdom come idiom
- till/until the cows come home idiom
- time
- when hell freezes over idiom
- will
- world
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Linguistics: relative forms
wheneveradverb
uk/wenˈev.ər/us/wenˈev.ɚ/used instead of "when" to add emphasis to a phrase, usually expressing surprise:
Whenever do you get the time to do these things?
Whenever did Jane see a fortune teller?
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Linguistics: question words & expressions
- devil
- extent
- how about...? idiom
- how, what, why, etc. on earth... idiom
- in God's/heaven's name idiom
- interrogative
- shall
- what the blazes...? idiom
- what's that (all) about (then)? idiom
- what's the score? idiom
- what/where/how/why the devil idiom
- whatever
- when
- where
- which
- whither
- whose
- why
- world
- would you like...? idiom
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