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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/huːˈɛvə^r/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/huˈɛvɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ho̅o̅ ev′ər)

who•ev•er /huˈɛvɚ/USA pronunciation pron.

whatever person;
anyone that:Whoever did it should be proud.

who•ev•er (ho̅o̅ ev′ər),USA pronunciation pron.;
possessive whos•ev•er;
objective whom•ev•er.

whatever person;
anyone that:Whoever did it should be proud. Ask whoever is there. Tell it to whomever you like.
no matter who:I won't do it, whoever asks.
who? what person? (used to express astonishment, disbelief, disdain, etc.):Whoever is that? Whoever told you such a thing?

1125–75; Middle English; see who, ever

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whoever /huːˈɛvə/ pron

any person who; anyone that: whoever wants it can have it
no matter who: I'll come round tomorrow, whoever may be here
an intensive form of who, used in questions: whoever could have thought that?
informal an unknown or unspecified person: give those to John, or Cathy, or whoever

whos•ev•er (ho̅o̅ zev′ər),USA pronunciation pron.

(the possessive case of whoever used as an adjective):Whosever wagon this is, get it out of here. Whosever is this ridiculous hat?
the one or ones belonging to whomever:Whosever will win, do you think?

whose + ever 1730–40

'whoever' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

finder - he - proposition - their - theirs - themselves - they - who - whoso - whosoever - whomever - bearer bond - brass ring - deck - indefinite relative pronoun - whoe'er - whosever

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Synonyms: he who, she who, the one who, whatever person, no matter who, more...

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Accusative conundrum: whomever/whoever
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become whomever/whoever you wanted to be
Can I replace the word of "Whoever " with "who"?
Compound Interrogative Pronouns [whoever, whichever, whatever,.....]
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Give this to <whomever / whoever> you like
give to whoever <was>><were> there
her eyes ENTANGLED whoever happened to CROSS HER LOOK
I first meet <the> family of whoever
I think it's somehow <easy> for whoever's in charge down there to control the elements
I think who/whoever was responsible for our failure should be fired
I wish to have a friend with whoever shares my hobbies as interests.
I'll go with whomever/whoever.
I'll take whoever wants to go.
I'll vote for whoever/whomever is popular.
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in regards to who/whoever is running this underworld
it is whoever was in the room
It would appear that whoever built this building neglected to install drainage. Why 'would'?
It would be just as true whoever I told it to
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Let them see/watch, whoever wants to.
loud enough for Sneller or whoever he was to hear
Mr whoever/ Mr whomever
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