whatever in English: Anything or everything of the kind you mean; it does not matter which one. (pronoun)

Translation

Anything or everything of the kind you mean; it does not matter which one.

Word origin

From what and ever, joined together to widen the meaning.

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"Whatever" here means anything that you need.

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Here "whatever" means it does not matter what happens.

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"Whatever" can also come in front of a noun.

anything

A thing of any kind, when it does not matter which one.

everything

All the things, with none left out.

what

Used to ask about a thing, or to mean the thing that.

any

Some amount or number, used mostly in questions and negative sentences.

thing

An object that you can see, hold, or talk about but may not name.

whoever

Any person who does something, when it does not matter which person it is.

whenever

At any time that; every time that.

blah

A word used in place of boring talk you do not want to repeat: blah, blah, blah.

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