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Definition of whatever adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

whatever

adverb
 
/wɒtˈevə(r)/
 
/wətˈevər/
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  1. (also whatsoever)
    no, nothing, none, etc. whatever not at all; not of any kind
    • They received no help whatever.
    • ‘Is there any doubt about it?’ ‘None whatsoever.’
  2. (informal) used to say that it does not matter what somebody does, or what happens, because the result will be the same
    • We told him we'd back him whatever.
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