whatsoever

«whatsoever» in Mova's school dictionary: At all; used after "no", "none" or "nothing" to make it… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb; pronoun and determiner (formal, emphatic)

meaning for a pupil

1) At all; used after "no", "none" or "nothing" to make it stronger. tree →

2) (formal, old) Whatever; anything at all. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and stories: "I have no idea whatsoever" = I have no idea at all. It makes a negative stronger. Phrases: no ... whatsoever, nothing whatsoever, none whatsoever.

examples

• I have no idea whatsoever where my shoe is. tree →
• There was nothing whatsoever in the box. tree →
• He showed no interest whatsoever in football. tree →
• "Any questions?" "None whatsoever." tree →
• There is no reason whatsoever to be scared. tree →
• She had no money whatsoever left. tree →
• Right or left--backward or forward--where to go he could form no guess whatsoever. tree →

note

Used after a noun with "no": "no chance whatsoever". It adds emphasis but no meaning. In maths: "no apples whatsoever" means zero.

In the corpora

• all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died.
• Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.'
• If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
• And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
• Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «whatsoever» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.