whether

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĕ'thə(r), IPA ^(key): /ˈwɛðə(r)/
• enPR: hwĕ'thə(r), IPA ^(key): /ˈʍɛðə(r)/

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• Hyphenation: wheth‧er
• Homophones: weather, wether (both in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Subordinator

Subordinator whether

1. 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.