Whether
Definition of Whether
Wheth´er
pron.
1.
Which
(
of
two
);
which
one
(
of
two
); -
used
interrogatively
and
relatively
.
Now
choose
yourself
whether
that
you
liketh
.
- Chaucer.
One
day
in
doubt
I
cast
for
to
compare
Whether
in
beauties
'
glory
did
exceed
.
- Spenser.
Whether
of
them
twain
did
the
will
of
his
father
?
- Matt. xxi. 31.
conj.
1.
In
case
;
if
; -
used
to
introduce
the
first
or
two
or
more
alternative
clauses
,
the
other
or
others
being
connected
by
or
,
or
by
or whether
.
When
the
second
of
two
alternatives
is
the
simple
negative
of
the
first
it
is
sometimes
only
indicated
by
the
particle
not
or
no
after
the
correlative
,
and
sometimes
it
is
omitted
entirely
as
being
distinctly
implied
in
the
whether
of
the
first
.
And
now
who
knows
But
you
,
Lorenzo
,
whether
I
am
yours
?
- Shak.
You
have
said
;
but
whether
wisely
or
no
,
let
the
forest
judge
.
- Shak.
For
whether
we
live
,
we
live
unto
the
Lord
;
and
whether
we
die
,
we
die
unto
the
Lord
;
whether
we
live
therefore
,
or
die
,
we
are
the
Lord
'
s
.
- Rom. xiv. 8.
But
whether
thus
these
things
,
or
whether
not
;
Whether
the
sun
,
predominant
in
heaven
,
Rise
on
the
earth
,
or
earth
rise
on
the
sun
, . . .
Solicit
not
thy
thoughts
with
matters
hid
.
- Milton.
Whether or no
in
either
case
;
in
any
case
;
as
,
I
will
go
whether or no
.
Whether that
whether
.
- Shak.
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