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"en:Time"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "whan evere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English whan evere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "when",
"3": "ever"
},
"expansion": "when + ever",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whan evere, whanne ever, whanne evere, whener, when ever; equivalent to when + ever.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "whenever",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Whenever will I find time to finish that jigsaw?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"When ever: emphatic form of when."
],
"links": [
[
"When",
"when"
],
[
"ever",
"ever"
],
[
"when",
"when#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) When ever: emphatic form of when."
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Feel free to visit whenever.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"At any time."
],
"links": [
[
"any",
"any"
],
[
"time",
"time"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wəˈnɛvə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɛnˈɛvə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wəˈnɛvɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hwəˈnɛvɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɛnˈɛvɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-whenever.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/En-us-whenever.ogg/En-us-whenever.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/En-us-whenever.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛvə(ɹ)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "at any time",
"word": "koska vaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "at any time",
"word": "n’importe quand"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "at any time",
"word": "wanemma"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kogdá ugódno",
"sense": "at any time",
"word": "когда́ уго́дно"
}
],
"word": "whenever"
}
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