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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "know whether one is Arthur or Martha"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "not know whether one is coming or going"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "not know whether to shit or go blind"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "not know whether to spit or go blind"
}
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{
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"args": {
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"2": "weder",
"3": "",
"4": "neither"
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"expansion": "German weder (“neither”)",
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{
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"expansion": "Swedish var",
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{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "each of two, which of two"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whether, whather, from Old English hweþer, hwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, comparative form of *hwaz (“who”). Cognate with German weder (“neither”), Swedish var, Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”)",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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"text": "He chose the correct answer, but whether by luck or by skill I don't know.",
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},
{
"ref": "2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1–0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "The incident immediately revived the debate about goal-line technology, with a final decision on whether it is introduced expected to be taken in Zurich on 5 July.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845",
"text": "Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished.",
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"Indicates doubt between possibilities (usually with correlative or)."
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"text": "Do you know whether he's coming?",
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"Without a correlative, introduces a simple indirect question."
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"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔiḏā mā",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "إِذَا مَا"
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{
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "إِذَا"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "ci",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ці"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dalí",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "дали́"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìfǒu",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "是否"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "zda"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "zdali"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "om"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "hvorvidt"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "of"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ĉu"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "-ko (particle appended to the verb)",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "que"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "soit"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si oui ou non"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "se"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ob"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "póteron",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "πότερον"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "ei",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "εἰ"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"alt": "ha`ím",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "האם"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "he",
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"roman": "ím",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "אם"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "-e"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "vajon"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "hvort"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "se"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "indipendentemente"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...ka dō ka",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "かどうか"
},
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"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ka",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "か"
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"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-neunji",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "는지"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-nji",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ᆫ지"
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ar"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dali",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "дали"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "raha"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "hvorvidt"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "om"
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"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "om"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "se"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "ka",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "که"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âyâ",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "آیا"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "czy"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
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"word": "se"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "dacă"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "ru",
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"note": "placed after the first word in the sentence or phrase",
"roman": "li",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ли"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "da li"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "či"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "če"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si ... o"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "om"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ifall"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "huruvida"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čy",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "чи"
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{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "có ... không"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "a"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 52 20 18",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ai"
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{
"text": "He's coming, whether you like it or not.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Whether or not you're successful, you can be sure you did your best.",
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},
{
"ref": "1931 April, Francis Younghusband, “Preface”, in The Epic of Mount Everest, London: Edward Arnold & Co., →OCLC, →OL, page 5",
"text": "The years have gone by and still we know not whether or no Mallory and Irvine reached the summit. But the will to climb Mount Everest is still alive.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or)."
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{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìfǒu",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "是否"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ať"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ať již"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "hvad enten"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "of"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "-pa (particle appended to the verb)",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "(riippumatta siitä) ...-ko"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "que"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ob"
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"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "akár"
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{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "hvort sem"
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{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "sia che ... sia che"
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"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-deunji",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "든지"
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"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dali...ili ne",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "дали...или не"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "enten"
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"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "anten"
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"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "ka",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "که"
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"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "quer"
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{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "în orice caz"
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"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "placed after the first word in the sentence or phrase",
"roman": "li",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ли"
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"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íli",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "и́ли"
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"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "co-dhiù"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "či"
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{
"_dis1": "8 20 55 18",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "či tak či onak"
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"word": "дали́"
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "還是"
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{
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "...不"
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"note": "n/a (different structure is used)",
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"_dis1": "18 30 28 24",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "hvort"
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{
"_dis1": "18 30 28 24",
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"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*hwaz",
"3": "",
"4": "who"
},
"expansion": "*hwaz (“who”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "weder",
"3": "",
"4": "neither"
},
"expansion": "German weder (“neither”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "var"
},
"expansion": "Swedish var",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "hvor",
"3": "",
"4": "each of two, which of two"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whether, whather, from Old English hweþer, hwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, comparative form of *hwaz (“who”). Cognate with German weder (“neither”), Swedish var, Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”)",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "whether",
"name": "en-con"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"wheth‧er"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "conj",
"related": [
{
"word": "either"
},
{
"word": "neither"
},
{
"word": "whethersoever"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He chose the correct answer, but whether by luck or by skill I don't know.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1–0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "The incident immediately revived the debate about goal-line technology, with a final decision on whether it is introduced expected to be taken in Zurich on 5 July.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845",
"text": "Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Indicates doubt between possibilities (usually with correlative or)."
],
"links": [
[
"or",
"or#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Do you know whether he's coming?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Without a correlative, introduces a simple indirect question."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's coming, whether you like it or not.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Whether or not you're successful, you can be sure you did your best.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1931 April, Francis Younghusband, “Preface”, in The Epic of Mount Everest, London: Edward Arnold & Co., →OCLC, →OL, page 5",
"text": "The years have gone by and still we know not whether or no Mallory and Irvine reached the summit. But the will to climb Mount Everest is still alive.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or)."
],
"links": [
[
"adverbial",
"adverbial#English"
],
[
"or",
"or#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Introduces a direct question between alternatives (often with correlative or)."
],
"links": [
[
"alternative",
"alternative#English"
],
[
"or",
"or#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Introduces a direct question between alternatives (often with correlative or)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛðə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʍɛðə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛðə(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "weather"
},
{
"homophone": "wether (both in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-whether.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/En-us-whether.ogg/En-us-whether.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/En-us-whether.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "wĕ'''th''ə(r)"
},
{
"enpr": "hwĕ'''th''ə(r)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔiḏā mā",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "إِذَا مَا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔiḏā",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "إِذَا"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ci",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ці"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dalí",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "дали́"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìfǒu",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "是否"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "zda"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "zdali"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "hvorvidt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "of"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ĉu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "-ko (particle appended to the verb)",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "que"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "soit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si oui ou non"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ob"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "póteron",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "πότερον"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pótera",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "πότερα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ei",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "εἰ"
},
{
"alt": "ha`ím",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "האם"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ím",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "אם"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "-e"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "vajon"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "hvort"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "indipendentemente"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...ka dō ka",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "かどうか"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ka",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "か"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-neunji",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "는지"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-nji",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ᆫ지"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ar"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dali",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "дали"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "raha"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "hvorvidt"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "ka",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "که"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âyâ",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "آیا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "czy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "dacă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "placed after the first word in the sentence or phrase",
"roman": "li",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ли"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "da li"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "či"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "če"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "si ... o"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ifall"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "huruvida"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čy",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "чи"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "có ... không"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "a"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ai"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dalí",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "дали́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "si"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "還是"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "háishi",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "还是"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "whether or not",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "...bù...",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "...不"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "zda"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "zdali"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "hvorvidt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "of"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "ĉu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "n/a (different structure is used)",
"sense": "if, whether or not"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "si"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "ob"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "jabai",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹"
},
{
"alt": "be`ím",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "באם"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ím",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "אם"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "-e"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "vajon"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "hvort"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ka",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "か"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "-ka dō ka",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "かどうか"
},
{
"alt": "かいなか",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "-ka ina ka",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "か否か"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-ji",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "지"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-ji eotteonji",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "지 어떤지"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "utrum"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dali",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "дали"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "rānei ... rānei"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "hvorvidt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "kor vidt"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "če ka",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "چې که"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "czy ... czy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "dacă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íli",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "и́ли"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íli ... íli",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "и́ли ... и́ли"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "či"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "si"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "huruvida"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "dù ... hay"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "a"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "ai"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "oft"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "se (diq)"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìfǒu",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "是否"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ať"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ať již"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "hvad enten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "of"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "-pa (particle appended to the verb)",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "(riippumatta siitä) ...-ko"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "que"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ob"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "akár"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "hvort sem"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "sia che ... sia che"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-deunji",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "든지"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dali...ili ne",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "дали...или не"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "enten"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "anten"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "ka",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "که"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "quer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "în orice caz"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "placed after the first word in the sentence or phrase",
"roman": "li",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ли"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íli",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "и́ли"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "co-dhiù"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "či"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
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\"lang\": \"Danish\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"hvad enten\"}, {\"code\": \"nl\", \"lang\": \"Dutch\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"of\"}, {\"code\": \"fi\", \"lang\": \"Finnish\", \"note\": \"-pa (particle appended to the verb)\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\"}, {\"code\": \"fi\", \"lang\": \"Finnish\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"(riippumatta siitä) ...-ko\"}, {\"code\": \"fr\", \"lang\": \"French\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"que\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"ob\"}, {\"code\": \"hu\", \"lang\": \"Hungarian\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"akár\"}, {\"code\": \"is\", \"lang\": \"Icelandic\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"hvort sem\"}, {\"code\": \"it\", \"lang\": \"Italian\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"sia che ... sia che\"}, {\"code\": \"ko\", \"lang\": \"Korean\", \"roman\": \"-deunji\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"든지\"}, {\"code\": \"mk\", \"lang\": \"Macedonian\", \"roman\": \"dali...ili ne\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"дали...или не\"}, {\"code\": \"nb\", \"lang\": \"Norwegian Bokmål\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"enten\"}, {\"code\": \"nn\", \"lang\": \"Norwegian Nynorsk\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"anten\"}, {\"code\": \"ps\", \"lang\": \"Pashto\", \"roman\": \"ka\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter 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\"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"či tak či onak\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"ya sea\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"vare sig\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"čy\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"чи\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"kotrýj z\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"котри́й з\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"pa un a\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not\", \"word\": \"pa un ai\"}], \"word\": 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