whoever
Use Whoever in a sentence
ər pronoun, possessive whos·ev·er; objective whom·ev·er.
1.
whatever person; anyone that: Whoever did it should be proud. Ask whoever is there. Tell it to whomever you like.
2.
no matter who: I won't do it, whoever asks.
3.
who? what person? (used to express astonishment, disbelief, disdain, etc.): Whoever is that? Whoever told you such a thing?
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| —pron | |
| 1. | any person who; anyone that: whoever wants it can have it |
| 2. | no matter who: I'll come round tomorrow, whoever may be here |
| 3. | an intensive form of who, used in questions: whoever could have thought that? |
| 4. | informal an unknown or unspecified person: give those to John, or Cathy, or whoever |
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Whoever
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
whoever
late O.E. hwa efre.
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Example sentences
When the chicken is slaughtered, the harmful bacteria contaminates the meat, and can end up causing illness in whoever eats it.
As usual, it is ready to work with whoever is in power.
Label each drug with a precise description of what effect--good and bad--the drug will have on whoever takes it.
It would take only a moment to smash it against the wall and shove the battery up the nose of whoever was out there annoying her.
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