Used in a Sentence

whatever

How to use whatever in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for whatever.

Editorial note

Re the emails / support / whatever being stressy... dude.

Examples16
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of whatever gathered in one view.

adjective

one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for whatever.

adjective

one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"

Example sentences

1

Re the emails / support / whatever being stressy... dude.

2

HN does not need any major overhaul or whatever else.

3

If you compensate employees with options, they deserve whatever they end up being worth.

4

But when the next hot platform or architecture or whatever comes out you get tired of running in exactly the same place.

5

Both sides are trying to use whatever leverage they have to negotiate the best possible deal.

6

And whenever facebook decides to innovate they will do whatever they want with their data to try doing it.

7

You can attribute it to arrogance, or naivete, or whatever -- it doesn't matter in the end, because it's foolishness.

8

They are conditional, and you need to live up to whatever the conditions may be in any given relationship.

9

Review the vendor’s dishonest actions and use whatever means you deem necessary to bring this person to justice.

10

Iphones have made it normal to buy a computing device that has artificial restrictions preventing you from running whatever software you want on it.

11

But the Chrome team is flat-out arrogant here: they want to build a zero-configuration product, and they're quite brazen about it, and Fuck You if you're blind or deaf or whatever.

12

[0] Meaning individuals, of whatever gender/race/class/whatever, that are likely to be reading HN.[1] If you don't believe me, ponder for a moment sentences like, "But I like Negroes just fine!

13

I hate... plussing, or whatever it's called when you do a massive rant in Google+ even though it's a terrible venue for it but you do it anyway because in the end you really do want Google to be successful.

14

Let's hope their pitiful loss of morale leads them to develop a conscience, respect for the law, or whatever it takes to stop doing things that lead to feeling so bad.> “They feel they’ve been hung out to dry, and they’re right.”Bullshit.

15

People can and ought to be able to unite to form great companies without having to compare notes on how they voted in the last election or some similar matter having nothing whatever to do with whether someone can add value to the venture.

16

I'm all for people having the freedom to eat whatever they want and I really like the quantified self aspect of seeing how diet affects how they feel and metrics of health, but I have to say the author grossly does not understand the medical tests he had done and misinterprets the data.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use whatever in a sentence?

Re the emails / support / whatever being stressy... dude.

What does whatever mean?

one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"

What part of speech is whatever?

whatever is commonly used as adjective.