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wheneverconjunction & adverb
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word whenever.
Is whenever a conjunction
See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Entry status
OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.
About 20occurrences per million words in modern written English
| 1750 | 46 |
| 1760 | 42 |
| 1770 | 42 |
| 1780 | 40 |
| 1790 | 40 |
| 1800 | 39 |
| 1810 | 36 |
| 1820 | 38 |
| 1830 | 38 |
| 1840 | 36 |
| 1850 | 34 |
| 1860 | 36 |
| 1870 | 33 |
| 1880 | 33 |
| 1890 | 31 |
| 1900 | 30 |
| 1910 | 30 |
| 1920 | 29 |
| 1930 | 29 |
| 1940 | 29 |
| 1950 | 28 |
| 1960 | 27 |
| 1970 | 26 |
| 1980 | 25 |
| 1990 | 24 |
| 2000 | 25 |
| 2010 | 25 |
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Earliest known use
Middle English
The earliest known use of the word whenever is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).
OED's earliest evidence for whenever is from around 1380, in the writing of John Wyclif, theologian, philosopher, and religious reformer.
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