"whoever" meaning in All languages combined

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Pronoun [English]

IPA: /huˈɛvɚ/ [General-American], /huˈɛvə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-US whoever.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoever.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-whoever.wav [US] Forms: whomever [objective], whosever [possessive]
Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English whoever. By surface analysis, who + ever. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whoever}} Middle English whoever, {{surf|en|who|ever}} By surface analysis, who + ever Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|nominative case||objective|whomever|possessive|whosever|||||||||||||head=}} whoever (nominative case, objective whomever, possessive whosever), {{en-pron|objective|whomever|possessive|whosever|desc=nominative case}} whoever (nominative case, objective whomever, possessive whosever)
  1. (interrogative) Who ever: an emphatic form of who. Tags: interrogative, nominative
    Sense id: en-whoever-en-pron-NY2Hyxzv
  2. (fused relative) Any person or persons that. Tags: nominative Translations (any person or persons that): ὅστις (hóstis) (Ancient Greek), ὁστισοῦν (hostisoûn) (Ancient Greek), مَنْ (man) (Arabic), tsenushcari (Aromanian), който и да е (kojto i da e) (Bulgarian), āquin (Classical Nahuatl), hvem i alverden (Danish), hvem der end (Danish), enhver som (Danish), wie ook (dan) (Dutch), kiu ajn (Esperanto), kuka tahansa (Finnish), kuka ikinä (Finnish), quiconque (French), qui que ce soit qui (French), wer immer (German), wer auch immer (German), όποιος (ópoios) (Greek), akárki (Hungarian), bárki (Hungarian), siapa pun (Indonesian), cibé (Irish), (Irish), chiunque (Italian), quisquis (Latin), quicumque (Latin), kulmin (Maltese), den som (Norwegian Bokmål), enhver som (Norwegian Bokmål), ktokolwiek (Polish), quem (Portuguese), quem quer que (Portuguese), oricare (Romanian), кто́ бы ни (któ by ni) (Russian), кто́ бы ни́ бы́ло (alt: то) (Russian), кто уго́дно (kto ugódno) (Russian), ge be cò (Scottish Gaelic), cualquier [masculine] (Spanish), cualesquiera [feminine, masculine, plural] (Spanish), cualquiera (Spanish), quien (Spanish), quien sea (Spanish), 𐎎𐎐 (mn) (Ugaritic), 𐎎𐎐𐎋 (mnk) (Ugaritic)
    Sense id: en-whoever-en-pron-38VGczSB Disambiguation of 'any person or persons that': 2 47 7 15 28 2
  3. (fused relative) The person that (no matter who). Tags: nominative
    Sense id: en-whoever-en-pron-TU1uca~Q
  4. Regardless of the person or persons that. Tags: nominative
    Sense id: en-whoever-en-pron-MX-OlLvT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English interrogative pronouns, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 17 8 50 18 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 11 6 61 12 7 Disambiguation of English interrogative pronouns: 8 15 11 36 15 15 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 8 15 14 37 15 10
  5. (informal) Any person or persons. Tags: informal, nominative
    Sense id: en-whoever-en-pron-4k29sUCQ
  6. Misspelling of who ever other than in interrogative use. Tags: alt-of, misspelling, nominative Alternative form of: who ever other than in interrogative use
    Sense id: en-whoever-en-pron-ZEbTaFLI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whoe'er [poetic], whoëver [obsolete, rare] Derived forms: whoever smelt it dealt it Related terms: whatever, wherever, whenever, whomever, whosoever, nobody

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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
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          "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
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          "word": "āquin"
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "wer immer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "el",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "pé"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "chiunque"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "quisquis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "quicumque"
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "code": "nb",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "roman": "któ by ni",
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          "word": "кто́ бы ни"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kto ugódno",
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          "word": "кто уго́дно"
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "ge be cò"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "quien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "quien sea"
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          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "mn",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "𐎎𐎐"
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          "_dis1": "2 47 7 15 28 2",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "mnk",
          "sense": "any person or persons that",
          "word": "𐎎𐎐𐎋"
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          "text": "Whoever robbed that old lady ought to be locked up.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "I don't know what it is. Ask whoever put it there.",
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          "ref": "2014 July 13, Peter FitzSimons, “Ian Thorpe acknowledges he's gay, let's hope he's now happy as well”, in Sydney Morning Herald",
          "text": "When the gays can claim the toughest bastard whoever pulled on a football boot as one of their own, ...",
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    "English pronouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "form": "whosever",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ]
    }
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
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      "word": "whatever"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whomever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whosoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "nobody"
    }
  ],
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Whoever thought up that stupid idea?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Who ever: an emphatic form of who."
      ],
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          "Who",
          "who"
        ],
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          "ever",
          "ever"
        ],
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          "who",
          "who#English"
        ]
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        "(interrogative) Who ever: an emphatic form of who."
      ],
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        "interrogative",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Whoever breaks the law will be punished.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any person or persons that."
      ],
      "qualifier": "fused relative",
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        "(fused relative) Any person or persons that."
      ],
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Whoever robbed that old lady ought to be locked up.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't know what it is. Ask whoever put it there.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The person that (no matter who)."
      ],
      "qualifier": "fused relative",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fused relative) The person that (no matter who)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Whoever stole the painting, the police will catch the thief in no time.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Regardless of the person or persons that."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't care who gets it; give it to whoever."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any person or persons."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Any person or persons."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "who ever other than in interrogative use"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He is the tallest man whoever lived. (incorrect usage)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 July 13, Peter FitzSimons, “Ian Thorpe acknowledges he's gay, let's hope he's now happy as well”, in Sydney Morning Herald",
          "text": "When the gays can claim the toughest bastard whoever pulled on a football boot as one of their own, ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of who ever other than in interrogative use."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who#English"
        ],
        [
          "ever",
          "ever#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misspelling",
        "nominative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/huˈɛvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huˈɛvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛvə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "whoe'er"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "whoëver"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "man",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "مَنْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "tsenushcari"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kojto i da e",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "който и да е"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "āquin"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "hvem i alverden"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "hvem der end"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "enhver som"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "wie ook (dan)"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "kiu ajn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "kuka tahansa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "kuka ikinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "quiconque"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "qui que ce soit qui"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "wer immer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "wer auch immer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ópoios",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "όποιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hóstis",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "ὅστις"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hostisoûn",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "ὁστισοῦν"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "akárki"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "bárki"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "siapa pun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "cibé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "pé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "chiunque"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "quisquis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "quicumque"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "kulmin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "den som"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "enhver som"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "ktokolwiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "quem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "quem quer que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "oricare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "któ by ni",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "кто́ бы ни"
    },
    {
      "alt": "то",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "кто́ бы ни́ бы́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto ugódno",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "кто уго́дно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "ge be cò"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cualquier"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cualesquiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "cualquiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "quien"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "quien sea"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "mn",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "𐎎𐎐"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "mnk",
      "sense": "any person or persons that",
      "word": "𐎎𐎐𐎋"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whoever"
}
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