WHICHEVER

Definition: WHICHEVER

WHICHEVER

Pronoun & adjective

1. Alt. of Whichsoever

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "WHICHEVER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Crosswords: WHICHEVER

English words defined with "WHICHEVER": Which, Whichsoever. (references)

Specialty definitions using "WHICHEVER": Behave ♦ DeMorgan's theorem ♦ Emergency Disaster Loan Program ♦ High Density ♦ Maximum dependable capacity ♦ radio cell, radio zone, Revenue insurance, Revenue Ton ♦ Standby Letter of Credit ♦ Well of St. Keyne, whichever is larger. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

Lesbian, airhead, ballbuster, whichever one of these disgusts you the most, take your pick. (Patch Adams; writing credit: Patch Adams; Maureen Mylander)

Fight the good fight, whichever way you can. (Angel; writing credit: Let�cia Dornelles)

Whichever comes first. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

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

Author	Quotation
Georg C. Lichtenberg	Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Whichever way we turned, it seemed that the heavens and the earth had met together, since he enhanced the beauty of the landscape.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Long-term debt is defined to be due in a period exceeding one year or one operating cycle, whichever is longer. (references)
		A conditional warranty must be introduced with a period that covers the entire vehicle for three years or 10,000 kilometers whichever occurs first. (references)
		Beer is subject to an import duty of 3.8% of CIF value and happoshu is subject to an import duty of the same 3.8% of CIF or 6.40 yen/liter, whichever is cheaper. (references)
Children	Albania	School attendance is mandatory through the eighth grade (or until age 18, whichever comes first). (references)
	Micronesia	Children may leave school when they reach the age of 14 or after completing the 8th grade, whichever comes first. (references)
	Sao Tome and Principe	Education is compulsory through the sixth grade; however, education after the sixth grade or the age of 14, whichever comes first, is not free. (references)
Economic History	Indonesia	Tax exemption for qualifying investments begins at the start of commercial operations or after the project is licensed, whichever comes first. (references)
	Italy	A patent can be subject to compulsory licensing if not worked within 3 years from date of grant or four years from the filing date of application, whichever is later. (references)
	Hungary	After the first year, the incentive is contingent upon the employment of 500 workers more than the average number employed by the company in Hungary prior to the investment (100 persons in underdeveloped zones.) This and other tax benefits for new investments will terminate after the 2011 tax year or on the date of Hungary's accession to the EU, whichever is sooner, and will only be granted to new investments until the end of 2002. (references)
Human Rights	Ukraine	The law stipulates that a defense attorney must be provided without charge to an indigent detainee from the moment of detention or the filing of charges, whichever comes first. (references)
	Bulgaria	Decisions in these cases are not subject to judicial review, and children typically stay in the Educational Boarding Schools for 3 years or until they reach majority age, whichever occurs first. (references)
	Venezuela	Under the COPP, prisoners accused of petty crimes who have not been convicted but already have served 2 years or the minimum sentence possible for that crime (whichever is less) are to be released if they pass a psychiatric examination. (references)
Political Economy	TAIWAN	Legislation was passed in May 1998 to permit the eventual establishment of foreign legal partnerships either upon accession to the WTO, or upon implementation of the new lawyer's law, whichever comes first. (references)
Trade	Israel	The Bank of Israel authorizes advance payment of up to 35 percent or $200,000, whichever is lower. (references)
	Qatar	C. QR 2 (US$ 0.55) per ton per day for a period beyond that (according to weight or volume, whichever attracts a higher charge). (references)
Travel	Chile	American citizens must pay a fee of $61.00 at the international check-in point and must be prepared to pay the exact amount in dollars; the visa is valid for ten years or the date of expiration of the U.S. traveler's passport, whichever comes first. (references)
Worker Rights	Mozambique	By law children must be paid at least the minimum wage or a minimum of two-thirds of the adult salary, whichever is higher. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	The balance of power between them, into whichever scale it may turn in its various vibrations, can not affect us.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"WHICHEVER" is generally used as a determiner (wh-) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "WHICHEVER" is used about 870 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Determiner (wh-)	100%	870	8,151

Expression using "WHICHEVER": whichever is larger. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "WHICHEVER": goods--whichever.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "WHICHEVER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		enige (a, a few, any, some, whoever), en (and). (various references)

Albanian		cilido që, ai që. (various references)

Arabic		‏أيما شيء, ‏أيما (any, whatever, whatsoever), ‏أي الإثنين, ‏أي شيء (whatever). (various references)

Bulgarian		който и да е (any, whomever), който (deteriorative, that, which, who, whose). (various references)

Chinese		任何 (any, whatever, whatsoever), 哪些 (Which). (various references)

Czech		ten (that, the, this), kterýkoliv (any, either), který (that, what, whether, which, who), jakýkoliv (whatever, whatsoever), cokoliv (anything, aught, whatever, whatsoever). (various references)

Dutch		wie dan ook (any, whoever), welke dan ook (any, whoever), onverschillig wie (any, whoever). (various references)

Esperanto		kiu ajn (any, whoever). (various references)

Farsi		هریک که , هرکدام که , صورت موکدhcihw. (various references)

Finnish		mikä tahansa (whatever), kumpi tahansa (either). (various references)

French		quel que soit qui, quel que soit celui qui, quel (what, what a, what kind of, what sort of, which, which one, who, whoever), celui qui (which, whosoever), celui que, celle qui (which), celle que. (various references)

German		welche auch immer, ganz egal welcher. (various references)

Greek		οποιοδήποτε. (various references)

Hebrew		איזה שהו (any, some). (various references)

Hungarian		bármelyik (any, either), akármelyik (either). (various references)

Indonesian		mana saja, apanyapun. (various references)

Italian		qualunque cosa (anything, whatever), qualunque (any, anyone, each, every, every one, everyone, ordinary, whatever), qualsiasi (all, any, whatever, whatsoever), chiunque (any, anybody, anyone, whoever, whosoever). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		どさ回りをやる (blunder or clumsiness, constantly, flump, heavily, noise, noisy, one after the other, plump, rapidly, slapstick, sound of tramping, sumo exclamation, to be on the road, to go on tour, whatever, with a flop, with a thud, without hesitation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		どちみち (whatever). (various references)

Korean		어느것이건. (various references)

Manx		quoi. (various references)

Pig Latin		icheverwhay

Portuguese		tudo o que, seja qual for, qualquer coisa que, não importa qual. (various references)

Romanian		oricare (all, any, anybody, anyone, either, whatever, whatsoever, whoever), care (as, some, that, what, which, who). (various references)

Russian		какой угодно (whichsoever), какой бы ни (however, whatever, whatsoever). (various references)

Scottish		co-dhiùbh (at any rate, whatever), có sam bith (any, whoever), có air bith (any, whoever). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ma koji (however, whatever, whatsoever), koji god, bilo koji (any, whatever, whatsoever). (various references)

Spanish		cualquier (any, whatever). (various references)

Swedish		vad än. (various references)

Turkish		herhangi (any, soever, whatever, whatsoever), hangisini, hangisi olursa, hangisi, hangi (what, whatever, whatsoever, which). (various references)

Ukranian		який би не (whichsoever, whoever, whosesoever, whosoever), що б не (whichsoever), будь-який (all, any, anybody, anyone, either, every, whatever, which, whichsoever). (various references)

Vietnamese		nào, bất cứ... nào. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cuilibet, libens, libent, liberent, liberentur, liberet, libet, qualibet, quamlibet, quaslibet, quemlibet, quilibet, quisquis, quodlibet, quolibet, uter, uterque, utramque, utraque, utrasque, utrique, utrisque, utriusque, utroque, utrosque, utrum, utrumque. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	ka. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Chronicles Chapter 21, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai hlqen gad proV dauid kai eipen autw outwV legei kurioV eklexai seautw
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cumque venisset Gad ad David dixit ei haec dicit Dominus elige quod volueris
Jacobean English	1611	King James	So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
Victorian English	1833	Webster	So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
Basic English	1964	Ogden	So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	1 Chronicles Chapter 21, Verse 11
Cebuano	Busa si Gad miadto kang David, ug miingon kaniya: Kini mao ang giingon ni Jehova: Pilia ang buot mo:
Chinese	於是迦得來見大衛、對他說、耶和華如此說、你可以隨意選擇．
Croatian	Došavši k Davidu, Gad mu reèe: "Ovako veli Jahve: 'Biraj sebi
Danish	Gad kom da til David og sagde til ham: "Så siger HERREN: Vælg!
Dutch	En Gad kwam tot David, en zeide tot hem: Zo zegt de HEERE: Neem u uit:
Finnish	Niin Gaad meni Daavidin tykö ja sanoi hänelle: "Näin sanoo Herra: Valitse itsellesi
French	Gad alla vers David, et lui dit: Ainsi parle l`Éternel:
German	Und da Gad zu David kam, sprach er zu ihm: So spricht der HERR: Erwähle dir
Haitian Creole	Se konsa Gad al jwenn David lakay li, li di l' konsa: -Men sa Seyè a voye di ou: Kisa ou vle?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lalu pergilah Gad kepada Daud dan menyampaikan pesan TUHAN itu, katanya, "Mana yang Baginda pilih:
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka datanglah Gad menghadap Daud serta katanya kepadanya: Demikianlah firman Tuhan: Hendaklah engkau pilih:
Maori	Heoi, ko te taenga o Kara ki a Rawiri, ka mea ki a ia, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Whiriwhiria mau,
Norwegian	Da kom Gad til David og sa til ham: Så sier Herren: Velg nu
Portuguese	E Gade veio a Davi, e lhe disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Escolhe o que quiseres:
Rumanian	Gad s`a dus la David, wi i -a zis: ,,Awa vorbewte Domnul: ,Primewte:
Spanish	Entonces Gad fue a David y le dijo: --Así ha dicho Jehovah:
Swedish	Då gick Gad in till David och sade till honom: "Så säger HERREN:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"WHICHEVER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: wichever. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "WHICHEVER" (pronounced wikhe"ver or hwikhe"ver)
3	-e" v er	clever, endeavor, endeavour, ever, forever, haver, however, lever, never, sever, whatever, whatsoever, whenever, wherever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever.
3	-e" v er	clever, endeavor, endeavour, ever, forever, haver, however, lever, never, sever, whatever, whatsoever, whenever, wherever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-h-i-r-v-w"
	-2 letters: chewier.
	-3 letters: chevre, chewer, rechew, review, viewer, wherve.
	-4 letters: cheer, chive, hewer, reive, where, which, wiver.
	-5 letters: cere, chew, cire, crew, eche, ever, ewer, heir, here, hire, hive, rice, rich, rive, veer, vice, vier, view, weer, weir, were, whee, whir, wich, wire, wive.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-h-i-r-v-w"
	+2 letters: whichsoever.
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