Definitions for whether

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whether wheth·er

Spelling: [hweth -er, weth -]

IPA: /ˈʰwɛð ər, ˈwɛð-/

Whether is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in whether (eehhrtw).

Definitions for whether

Idioms

1. whether or no, under whatever circumstances; regardless:

pronoun

1. which or whichever (of two)?

conjunction

1. (used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative, usually with the correlative or):
2. (used to introduce a single alternative, the other being implied or understood, or some clause or element not involving alternatives):
3. Archaic. (used to introduce a question presenting alternatives, usually with the correlative or).

Origin of whether

before 900; Middle English; Old English hwether, hwæther, equivalent to hwe- (base of hwā who) + -ther comparative suffix; cognate with Old Norse hvatharr, Gothic hwat

Examples for whether

whether it had ever been painted, was a question not easily solved.

She vowed to repay the money—no official word, however, on whether she ever did that.

whether I will be permitted again to look upon your dear faces, I also am ignorant.

In February, Slovakia will have a referendum on whether marriage should be defined as a union between a man and a woman.

I doubt me whether the poor old hound will brook the journey.

Meanwhile, in Florida, Bush was flooded with questions about whether gay marriage could possibly come to the Sunshine State.

Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.

The question which you have to consider is whether this war is just or unjust.

Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.

The next question was, whether it was possible to follow them.