WHEREVER

Definition: WHEREVER

WHEREVER

Adverb

1. At or in whatever place; wheresoever.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "WHEREVER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Place

Adverb: somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.

Space

Adverb: extensively; Adjective: wherever; everywhere; far and near, far and wide; right and left, all over, all the world over; throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land; under the sun, in every quarter; in all quarters, in all lands; here there and everywhere; from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end; on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass; to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

Crosswords: WHEREVER

Peter! I swear to you wherever you go, wherever you are, I vow there will always be daggers buried in notes signed James Hook. (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;)

My daddy'll kick your daddy's ass all the way from here to China, Japan, wherever the hell you from and all up that Great Wall too. (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

Wherever you can look - wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. (The Grapes of Wrath; writing credit: John Steinbeck; Nunnally Johnson)

I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whoever I'm with. (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;)

It's always either too cold or too hot, wherever there's a war on. (The Enemy Below; writing credit: Wendell Mayes. Based on the novel by D.A. Rayner.)

Wherever you go, I'll be with you. (The Flame; performing artist: Cheap Trick; writing credit: Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham)

Way up high or down low, I'll go wherever you will go (Wherever You Will Go; performing artist: The Calling)

Come gather round people wherever you roam ("The Times They Are A-Changin'"; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

Near, far, wherever you are ("My Heart Will Go On"; performing artist: Celine Dion)

I will follow you wherever you may be (Rhythm Divine; performing artist: Enrique Iglesias)

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. (references; author: unknown)

Wherever She Goes (1950)

Whenever Wherever (performing artist: Shakira)

Wherever You Will Go (performing artist: The Calling)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Trail of Heart's Blood Wherever We Go (reference)

• I Am Wherever You Are (reference)

• The People's Guide to Mexico: Wherever You Go-- There You Are (10th Ed) (reference)

• Wherever He Leads Me: The Greg Olsen Collection (reference)

• Wherever I Go, I Will Always Be a Loyal American: Seattle's Japanese American Schoolchildren During World War II (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Luther Barnes & the Sunset Jubilaires: Wherever I Go - Live in Atlanta (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Merry Christmas Wherever You Are (reference)

• Welcome to Wherever You Are [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS] (reference)

• Wherever You Will Go [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Print after a sketch by T. Dart Walker, entitled "Christmas Eve in the United States Navy". Its original caption reads: "Giving the famous Highland toast and song for sweethearts and wives. Wherever Uncle Sam's fighting ships are stationed throughout the world, it is the custom of the officers to rise, as here depicted, at the conclusion of the Christmas Eve festivities in honor of the absent home folks. This sketch was made by the noted marine artist, T. Dart Walker, while crossing the Arabian Sea on board the battleship 'Kansas'.".Credit: NAVY.

Trim wherever you can -- C.C.Credit: Library of Congress.

Wherever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear ...Credit: Library of Congress.

Wherever there is oppression there is resistance.Credit: Library of Congress.

Wherever death may surprise us, it will be welcome, provided that this, our battle cry, reach some receptive ear ...Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Thus labour, in the beginning, gave a right of property, wherever any one was pleased to employ it upon what was common, which remained a long while the far greater part, and is yet more than mankind makes use of. (Second Treatise of Government)

The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. (reference)

Fifth.�The adoption of a weekly rest of at least twenty-four hours, which should include Sunday wherever practicable. (reference)

Twice the United States has had to send several millions of its young men across the Atlantic to find the war; but now war can find any nation, wherever it may dwell between dusk and dawn. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Wherever I am, there's always Pooh, there's always Pooh and me. Whatever I do, he wants to do; 'Where are you going today?

Wherever there is a heart and an intellect, the diseases of the physical frame are tinged with the peculiarities of these.

Wherever there is a pretty woman, hostility is open.

For a stranger from the remotest part is equally treated with the nearest neighbor, and wherever he goes looks upon himself as at home.

Wherever I sat, there I might live, and the landscape radiated from me accordingly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Pain that occurs unpredictably in any body organ or joint, wherever the sickled blood cells block oxygen flow to the tissues. (references)

Public and private group purchasers should, wherever feasible, offer consumers a choice of high-quality health insurance plans. (references)

LCM and milder LCMV infections have been reported in Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Japan, and may occur wherever infected rodent hosts of the virus are found. (references)

Business

Another factor may be that people now want to be accessible wherever they are and mobile communications is the answer. (references)

Exporters must be prepared to work with their distributors to build up their networks in this market and to provide marketing support wherever possible, given the high level of competition. (references)

Customs duty on specified capital goods for semiconductor manufacture is nil. IT software continues to be exempt from customs duty. Computer software has also been exempted from service tax. In addition to the basic customs duty, imports are also subject to a Countervailing Duty (CVD) and Surcharge on basic duty of 10 percent, wherever applicable. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

The Chief Minister spoke despite the ban and vowed that he would continue to speak wherever he was invited. (references)

Economic History

Morocco

Replacements for workers are always available, and the government aims to put people to work wherever possible. (references)

New Zealand

While Government policy is to give local producers a fair chance, chief executives are responsible for limiting costs and will source purchases wherever they can get the best value for the money. (references)

Trade

India

Two way fungibility in ADR/GDR issues has been introduced, subject to sectoral caps, wherever applicable. (references)

Turkey

Financing costs and foreign exchange rate risks, wherever applicable, should be factored into the bid price. (references)

Israel

It is the declared policy of the GOI to adopt international standards wherever possible and to implement mandatory standards related only to safety, health, and the environment. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

Because of continuing security concerns, the U.S. Embassy, Consulates General, and the U.S. military elements throughout the country routinely review their security postures and make improvements wherever possible to lessen their vulnerabilities. (references)

Worker Rights

Ecuador

The maquila system allows a company and its property to become an export-processing zone wherever it is located. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "WHEREVER": wherever it may be. Additional references.

Beginning with "WHEREVER": wherever-the.

Albanian

kudo që, ku (where, whereabouts, wherein, whither). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في أي مكان, ‏من أين (whence), ‏حيثما (anywhere, no matter where, where, wheresoever, whither), ‏أينما (where), ‏أين (where, whereabouts), ‏بماذا (with what). (various references)

Bulgarian 

където и да е (anywhere, everywhere, soever, whithersoever), където (where, whither), къде ли, откъдето и да, навсякъде където (whithersoever). (various references)

Chinese 

無論何處 (anywhere), 无论哪里, 哪裡 (where). (various references)

Czech

kdekoli (anywhere), kde (where), kamkoli, kam (where, whither). (various references)

Danish

militærpersoner,som er indkaldt fra landets samlede erhvervsaktive befolkning,og som i den pågældende periode er i aktiv tjeneste i de væbnede styrker,uanset hvor de er stationeret,og hvad deres status er (and who are on active service in the armed forces during the period under consideration, drawn from the total population of working age, military personnel, originating from the country, wherever they are stationed and whatever their status), i tilfaelde,hvor denne Traktat kraever en samstemmende udtalelse fra Raadet,anses denne for vedtaget,saafremt (if..., that assent shall be considered to have been given, wherever this Treaty requires that the assent of the Council be given), anbringelse af afskaerming rundt om tilvirkningspladser og proevestande averalt hvor hoejspaending anvendes (placing screens around treatment and test stands wherever high voltages are applied). (various references)

Dutch

waar dan ook. (various references)

Esperanto

kie ajn. (various references)

Farsi 

هرکجاکه , هرجاکه , جاءی که , انجاکه . (various references)

Finnish

missä hyvänsä (anywhere). (various references)

French

quelque part que, quand (when, whenever), partout où, partout, ou donc. (various references)

German

wo immer, wo auch immer (wheresoever). (various references)

Greek 

οπουδήποτε (anywhere, whereer, wheresoever). (various references)

Hebrew 

כל מקום ש- (whenever), היכן ש-, באשר (as far as, because, that, where, which), בכל מקום שהו. (various references)

Hungarian

bárhol (anywhere, in an odd corner), akárhova, akárhol (anywhere), ahova csak. (various references)

Italian

in qualsiasi posto, dovunque (anywhere, everywhere, wheresoever), dove (where, where is, whereabout, whereabouts, wherein, whither). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

足任せ (walking wherever one's legs lead one, wandering), 女三人寄れば姦しい　 (wherever women gather it is noisy), 女三人寄れば姦しい (wherever women gather it is noisy). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おんなさんにんよればかしましい (wherever women gather it is noisy), あしまかせ (walking wherever one's legs lead one, wandering). (various references)

Korean 

어디든지. (various references)

Manx

boayl erbee (any place, anywhere, nowhere). (various references)

Pig Latin

ereverwhay

Portuguese

onde quer que. (various references)

Quechua

maypichus. (various references)

Romanian

unde (as, because, when, where, whereabouts, wherein, whither), oriunde (anywhere, somewhere). (various references)

Russian 

куда (where, whereto, whither), где бы ни, где (where, whereabouts, whereupon). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ma kuda (no), ma gde, gde god, bilo kuda (anywhere), bilo gde (anyplace). (various references)

Spanish

dondequiera que. (various references)

Swahili

mahali po pote. (various references)

Swedish

varhelst (wheresoever). (various references)

Turkish

nerede olursa (wheresoever), her nereye (wheresoever), her nerede (wheresoever). (various references)

Ukranian 

куди тільки, куди б не (where), куди (where, whereto, whither, whitherto), де тільки, де б не, де (where, whereabouts, whereas, wherein, whereupon). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ở ni nào; đến ni nào; bất cứ ni nào. (various references)

quacumque, quaqua, quocumque, ubicumque. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"WHEREVER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: whereever, wherve. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: revere, weever, wherve.

-3 letters: hewer, reeve, where.

-4 letters: ever, ewer, here, veer, weer, were, whee.

-5 letters: ere, err, eve, ewe, her, hew, ree, rev, vee, wee.

+2 letters: everywhere.

+3 letters: wheresoever.

+5 letters: whithersoever.

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