WHATEVER


Meaning of WHATEVER in English

adj.

Function: adjective

Date: 14th century

1 a : any ⋯ that : all ⋯ that <buy peace ⋯ on whatever terms could be obtained ― C. S. Forester> b : no matter what <money, in whatever hands, will confer power ― Samuel Johnson>

2 : of any kind at all ― used after the substantive it modifies with any or with an expressed or implied negative <in any order whatever ― W. G. Moulton> <no food whatever >

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.