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whate'er

whate'er is the contraction of whatever.

Meaning of whatever

Determiner

whatever

  1. (interrogative) What ever; emphatic form of 'what'.
    • Good heavens! Whatever time is it?!
  2. Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that.
    • Whatever your choice, there will be consequences.
  3. Any ... that; of no matter what type or kind that.
    • Whatever doubts I had were quickly dispelled.
  4. Any; of no matter what type or kind.
    • He must be stopped, whatever the cost.

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Questions about whate'er

What is whate'er the contraction of?
Whate'er is the contraction of whatever.

Words near whate'er in the dictionary

  1. whatdja
  2. whatdoyoucallit
  3. whatdoyoucallits
  4. whatdyecallem
  5. whatdyecallems
  6. whate'er
  7. whateffer
  8. Whateley
  9. Whately
  10. whaten
  11. whatev

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whate'er (page history and authors); whatever (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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