"whatsoever" meaning in English

See whatsoever in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-whatsoever.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whatsoever}} Middle English whatsoever, {{surf|en|what|so|ever}} By surface analysis, what + so + ever Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} whatsoever (not comparable)
  1. In any way; at all; whatever. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in any way): 任何 (rènhé) (Chinese Mandarin), 什麼...也... (Chinese Mandarin), 什么...也... (shénme... yě...) (Chinese Mandarin), 什麼...都... (Chinese Mandarin), 什么...都... (shénme... dōu) (Chinese Mandarin), kio ajn (Esperanto), minkäänlainen (Finnish), du tout (French), d’aucune sorte (French), quelconque (French), überhaupt (German), כְּהוּא זֶה (kehú ze) (Hebrew), egyáltalán (Hungarian), qualsivoglia (Italian), di sorta (Italian), quidquid (Latin), било каков (bilo kakov) (Macedonian), wcale (Polish), w ogóle (Polish), de forma alguma (Portuguese), de forma nenhuma (Portuguese), de modo algum (Portuguese), de maneira nenhuma (Portuguese), de jeito algum (Portuguese), deloc (Romanian), de nici-un fel (Romanian), в любо́м слу́чае (v ljubóm slúčaje) (Russian), как бы то ни́ бы́ло (kak by to ní býlo) (Russian), vôbec (Slovak), žiaden [masculine] (Slovak), žiadny [masculine] (Slovak), en absoluto (Spanish), alls (Swedish), som helst (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whatsoever-en-adv-k56q2e1M Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English interrogative pronouns, English pronouns Disambiguation of English determiners: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 3 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 91 4 4 Disambiguation of English interrogative pronouns: 64 18 18 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 56 22 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: what-so-ever, whatsomever [archaic], whatsoe're [obsolete]

Determiner

IPA: /ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-whatsoever.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whatsoever}} Middle English whatsoever, {{surf|en|what|so|ever}} By surface analysis, what + so + ever Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=}} whatsoever, {{en-det}} whatsoever
  1. (formal or literary) Whatever. Tags: formal, literary
    Sense id: en-whatsoever-en-det-nLs-9Vtx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: what-so-ever, whatsomever [archaic], whatsoe're [obsolete]

Pronoun

IPA: /ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-whatsoever.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whatsoever}} Middle English whatsoever, {{surf|en|what|so|ever}} By surface analysis, what + so + ever Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} whatsoever, {{en-pron}} whatsoever
  1. (archaic or literary) Whatever. Tags: archaic, literary
    Sense id: en-whatsoever-en-pron-nLs-9Vtx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: what-so-ever, whatsomever [archaic], whatsoe're [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2019, Dierdre Nicole Green, “'I'm the Bishop!' and other Reflections”, in A Place to Belong, Deseret Book, page 141",
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          "roman": "rènhé",
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          "word": "任何"
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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "kio ajn"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "minkäänlainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "du tout"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "d’aucune sorte"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "quelconque"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "überhaupt"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kehú ze",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "כְּהוּא זֶה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "egyáltalán"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "qualsivoglia"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "di sorta"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "quidquid"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bilo kakov",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "било каков"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "wcale"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "w ogóle"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "de forma alguma"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "de forma nenhuma"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "de modo algum"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "de maneira nenhuma"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "de jeito algum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "deloc"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "de nici-un fel"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v ljubóm slúčaje",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "в любо́м слу́чае"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "kak by to ní býlo",
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          "word": "как бы то ни́ бы́ло"
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "in any way",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in any way",
          "word": "alls"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "text": "c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court\n[…] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house."
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        "3": "so",
        "4": "ever"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, what + so + ever",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "He gave me no answer whatsoever.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Dierdre Nicole Green, “'I'm the Bishop!' and other Reflections”, in A Place to Belong, Deseret Book, page 141",
          "text": "...my father's role as the ecclesiastical leader of our ward gave me no license whatsoever to expect obedience from my agemates?",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In any way; at all; whatever."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "at all",
          "at all"
        ],
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          "whatever",
          "whatever"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛvə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-whatsoever.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/En-us-whatsoever.ogg/En-us-whatsoever.ogg.mp3",
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    {
      "word": "what-so-ever"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "whatsomever"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "whatsoe're"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rènhé",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "任何"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "什麼...也..."
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénme... yě...",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "什么...也..."
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "什麼...都..."
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénme... dōu",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "什么...都..."
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "kio ajn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "minkäänlainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "du tout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "d’aucune sorte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "quelconque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "überhaupt"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kehú ze",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "כְּהוּא זֶה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "egyáltalán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "qualsivoglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "di sorta"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "quidquid"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bilo kakov",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "било каков"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "wcale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "w ogóle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "de forma alguma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "de forma nenhuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "de modo algum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "de maneira nenhuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "de jeito algum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "deloc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "de nici-un fel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v ljubóm slúčaje",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "в любо́м слу́чае"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak by to ní býlo",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "как бы то ни́ бы́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "vôbec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žiaden"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žiadny"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "en absoluto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "alls"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in any way",
      "word": "som helst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whatsoever"
}

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    }
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        "English literary terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Whatsoever you seek, you will find."
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court\n[…] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Whatever."
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        "(archaic or literary) Whatever."
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      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛvə(ɹ)"
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      "audio": "en-us-whatsoever.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/En-us-whatsoever.ogg/En-us-whatsoever.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/En-us-whatsoever.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "what-so-ever"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "whatsomever"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "whatsoe're"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whatsoever"
}

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