"either way" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-us-either way.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} either way (not comparable)
  1. Regardless of what happens (out of two possible situations). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: regardless Derived forms: either-way offence Translations (regardless of what happens): 無論如何 /无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé) (Chinese Mandarin), 不管怎樣 /不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 反正 (fǎnzheng) (Chinese Mandarin), uanset hvad (Danish), miten vain (Finnish), kummin vain (Finnish), peu importe (French), dans un cas comme dans l’autre (French), so oder so (German), όπως και να έχει (ópos kai na échei) (Greek), mindenesetre (Hungarian), in ambo i casi (Italian), in un modo o nell'altro (Italian), ad ogni modo (Italian), in tutti i modi (Italian), in ogni modo (Italian), a prescindere (Italian), tak czy inaczej (Polish), oricum (Romanian), в любо́м слу́чае (v ljubóm slúčaje) (Russian), en cualquier caso (Spanish), de cualquier manera (Spanish), de todos modos (Spanish), de cualquier modo (Spanish), de todas maneras (Spanish), en todo caso (Spanish), de cualquier forma (Spanish), de todas formas (Spanish), sea como sea (Spanish), pase lo que pase (Spanish)
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          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "roman": "ópos kai na échei",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
          "word": "όπως και να έχει"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
          "word": "in ambo i casi"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
          "word": "tak czy inaczej"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
          "word": "oricum"
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          "roman": "v ljubóm slúčaje",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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          "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ópos kai na échei",
      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
      "word": "όπως και να έχει"
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
      "word": "in ambo i casi"
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
      "word": "in un modo o nell'altro"
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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      "sense": "regardless of what happens",
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