whenever

conjunction
/wəˈnɛvə/

At any time that.

Example

“Visit whenever you want to.”

Other meanings

At the (single) time that, no matter when.
“Tomorrow I'll get up whenever the sun rises.”
Every time that.
“Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.”

Related words

whenever one turns around

Example sentences

“I eat raw kimchi whenever I'm taking antibiotics.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“You can leave whenever you want.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "whan evere".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “whenever” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.