whether
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whether/ˈweðə(r)/
▶conjunction expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives.
■ expressing an enquiry or investigation.
■ indicating that a statement applies whichever of the alternatives mentioned is the case.
– phrases
whether or no
whether or no
- 1 whether or not.
- 2 archaic in any case.
– origin OE hwæther, hwether, of Gmc origin.
'whether' also found in these Oxford entries:
according
- amoral
- assault
- auction bridge
- because
- better
- body mass index
- case
- certain
- cruelty
- curve
- de facto
- double
- either
- evidence
- first refusal
- give
- I
- if
- level
- lie detector
- life
- linesman
- lump
- make
- me
- neither
- nolens volens
- person
- plead
- point of order
- precognition
- prisoner's dilemma
- Puck
- Reynolds number
- scratch card
- screen test
- select
- selection rule
- signal
- skin test
- speed dating
- spirit level
- teetotum
- tumour
- two-up
- use
- willy-nilly
- word problem
