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If it is likely that. Also: In either case that.

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Usage examples (33)
  • It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up again.
  • I wondered at the title whether this might be something menstrual; but in fact it's libration.
  • Ac Indicate after the title whether it is an easel-picture, fresco, statue, relief, or a part of a larger work.
  • You will probably know from the title whether or not you want to read Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle that made England.
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  • Another word that sounds similar to "whether" which means in either case, is "weather which is the condition of the atmosphere.
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