(a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron., 1.
(pron.) A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons.
(pron.) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will.
Example Sentences:
Whichever
Definition:
(pron. & a.) Alt. of Whichsoever
Example Sentences:
(1) The threshold for stimulation-produced analgesia or aversion, whichever was lowest, was determined before and after drug administration.
(2) There were neither differences in intubation conditions nor in the occurrence of postoperative diplopia whichever muscle relaxant was used.
(3) Through medical records, all patients were followed up for the development of subsequent internal cancer until they died, moved from Rochester, Minn, or January 1, 1986, whichever came first.
(4) In multiple regression analyses, the prognostic value of chromosomes was independent of (and second in importance to) the FAB type of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) whichever chromosome classification was used.
(5) Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg was bound by the decision of voters to get into coalition with whichever party wins the most seats, he said.
(6) The US would be in a situation where it would presumably then say we’d reimpose sanctions which would only hurt, for the most part, US businesses, which would then turn on whichever administration,” said George Perkovich, vice-president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
(7) Reaffirming his long-standing opposition to Trident in a BBC Scotland interview, Corbyn said: “In the House of Commons I was chair of the CND [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament] group and one of the vice-chairs is from the SNP, and yes, we will be voting with them on this – or they will be voting with us, whichever way you want to put it.” Have you joined Labour since Corbyn became leader?
(8) The doomsday scenario privately discussed at both party conferences so far was the grudging election of a largest party of whichever flavour, but without the majority or mandate to fight its way out of a paper bag.
(9) Biodistribution was followed for up to 72 hr after injection but the pattern showed no change after 8 hr, whichever the route of administration.
(10) It is concluded that whichever view is taken of the mechanisms of severe adverse reactions, the new nonionic agents are likely to be safer than the ionic agents now in use.
(11) The annual increase in the state pension will be protected by what Osborne described as a "triple lock" - the rise will be in line with earnings, prices or a 2.5% increase, whichever is the greater.
(12) Whichever route is taken, staggering amounts of money need to be spent.
(13) Whichever label was used, only little radio-activity was found in EMT6 tumour and brain.
(14) Osborne and Cameron have promised to "triple lock" the state pension so that it will increase by whichever is higher – inflation, wages or 2.5%.
(15) Patients were followed for three months or until six attacks were monitored, whichever came first.
(16) The likelihood of serious industrial unrest cannot be ruled out.” The two money-saving proposals on offer involve either a series of changes including increasing the pension age from 60 to 65 or state pension age (whichever is higher), or breaking the final-salary link for the pension scheme, according to Prospect.
(17) We prevented nine experienced fast pitch softball players from viewing the ball during the first, middle, or last third of its trajectory and found that seeing the first third of the ball's trajectory is not as critical as had been thought: batters are very good at making do with whichever two-thirds of the ball's trajectory is visible.
(18) Whichever way the election goes, education and health care are unlikely to be on the agenda The fierce political struggle of recent months is about a bid to capture and control oil wealth.
(19) The guarantee, which means the state pension will rise in line with whichever is higher out of prices inflation, earnings or 2.5%, was introduced in 2010.
(20) Each physician completed a standardized report form for 100 consecutive x-rays or for all x-rays obtained for three months, whichever came first.