WHETHER NO
ər, ˈwɛð- conjunction
1.
(used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative, usually with the correlative or ): It matters little whether we go or stay. Whether we go or whether we stay, the result is the same.
2.
(used to introduce a single alternative, the other being implied or understood, or some clause or element not involving alternatives): See whether or not she has come. I doubt whether we can do any better.
3.
Archaic. (used to introduce a question presenting alternatives, usually with the correlative or ).
pronoun Archaic.
Idioms 4.
which or whichever (of two)?
5.
whether or no, under whatever circumstances; regardless: He threatens to go whether or no.
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| —conj (often foll by or not) | |
| 1. | (subordinating) used to introduce an indirect question or a clause after a verb expressing or implying doubt or choice in order to indicate two or more alternatives, the second or last of which is introduced by or or or whether: he doesn't know whether she's in Britain or whether she's gone to France |
| 2. | used to introduce any indirect question: he was not certain whether his friend was there or not |
| 3. | (coordinating) another word for either : any man, whether liberal or conservative, would agree with me |
| 4. | archaic (coordinating) used to introduce a direct question consisting of two alternatives, the second of which is introduced by or or or whether: whether does he live at home or abroad |
| 5. | whether or no |
| a. used as a conjunction as a variant of whether | |
| b. under any circumstances: he will be here tomorrow, whether or no | |
| 6. | whether…or, whether…or whether if on the one hand…or even if on the other hand: you'll eat that, whether you like it or not |
| —determiner, —pron | |
| 7. | obsolete which (of two): used in direct or indirect questions |
| [Old English hwæther, hwether; related to Old Frisian hweder, hoder, Old High German hwedar, Old Norse hvatharr, hvarr, Gothic hwathar] | |
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whether
O.E. hwæðer, hweðer "which of two, whether," from P.Gmc. *khwatharaz (cf. O.S. hwedar, O.N. hvarr, Goth. huaþar, O.H.G. hwedar "which of the two," Ger. weder "neither"), from interrogative base *khwa- "who" (see who) + comparative suffix *-theraz (cf. Skt.
katarah, Avestan katara-, Gk. poteros, L. uter "which of the two, either of two," Lith. katras "which of the two," O.C.S. koteru "which"). Its comparative form is either.
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