WHICHEVER


Meaning of WHICHEVER in English

I. (h)wiˈchevə(r) pronoun

Etymology: Middle English which ever, from which (II) + ever

: whatever one or ones out of a group : no matter which one or ones

would like to speak to your father or your mother, whichever is at home

take two of the four elective subjects, whichever you prefer

enter law or some other profession, but whichever you choose, put your whole heart into it

II. adjective

: being whatever one or ones out of a group : no matter which

walk … back to whichever chair he happened to be using at the time — Grace Metalious

a general reserve fund out of which additional advertising money could be drawn to back whichever books need it — Publishers' Weekly

its soothing … effect will be the same whichever way you take it — Punch

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.