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| Main Entry: |
whatever
 [hwuht-ev-er, hwot-, hwuht-, wuht-, wot-, wuht-] 
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| Part of Speech: | pronoun |
| Definition: | anything |
| Synonyms: | any, everything, whatsoever |
| Main Entry: | anything |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unspecified object or event |
| Synonyms: | all, any one thing, anything at all, everything, whatever |
| Main Entry: | et cetera |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | and so forth |
| Synonyms: | along with others, and all, and on and on, and others, and so on, and the like, and the rest, blah blah blah, et al., whatever, whatnot |
| Notes: | et cetera/etcetera refers to things and et al./et alii refers to people; etcetera should be pronounced et-SET-uh-ruh |
Example Sentences
- Experiment with whatever appeals to you, from pesto to pepper jelly.
- Whatever the reason, a crucial step had been taken in the history of food production.
- There's the truism about a weed's being a flower where you don't want it, or whatever.
| Main Entry: | which |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | what |
| Synonyms: | and that, that, whatever, whichever |
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