whether
Pronunciation
[change]- enPR: wĕ'thə(r), IPA (key): /ˈwɛðə(r)/
- enPR: hwĕ'thə(r), IPA (key): /ˈʍɛðə(r)/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: wheth‧er
- Homophones: weather, wether (both in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Subordinator
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- Whether is used to report questions and things that are unknown.
- Synonym: if
- I asked whether she had arrived.
- It is impossible to know whether a change would have helped or not.