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whenever

/wəˈnɛvə/

Meanings
  • adverb

    At any time; whenever the occasion arises or condition is met.


Pronunciation
  1. /hwəˈnɛvɚ/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with whenever
forever , never , seemly , dreamer
Variants
List of all variants of whenever that leads to same result
whenever , whenever possible
Etymology
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Originally from the Old English 'hwāen,' meaning 'what time' or 'when,' and 'wēan,' meaning 'to stay' or 'abide.'


Trivia
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  1. In the English language, 'whenever' is the longest word that can be spelled correctly with the letters 't', 'h', and 'e'.

  2. The longest sentence in the English language, according to some sources, contains the word 'whenever'. It was written by James Joyce in 'Finnegans Wake' and is over 10,000 words long.


Related Concepts
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  1. Conditional: Related to the conditional tense in grammar, which expresses hypothetical situations and their potential consequences.

  2. Time: Related to the concept of time, as 'whenever' expresses a relationship to a specific point in time.


Culture
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In literature, 'whenever' is often used to express uncertainty or flexibility in time. For example, in Jane Austen's 'Emma,' the character Mr. Knightley says, 'I will call for you whenever you please.' In art, 'whenever' can be symbolically represented as a clock with hands that never move or a cloud with no rain, indicating the unpredictability of time.

How to Memorize "whenever"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a clock with hands that move to different times whenever you think of the word.
    - Visualize a situation where you use the word 'whenever' in a sentence.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word with the image of a clock or the concept of flexibility in time.
    - Remember the meaning by associating it with the word 'conditional'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Whenever I think of time, I think of whenever.'


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