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View synonyms for whether or not

whether or not



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Idioms and Phrases

Also, whether or no . Regardless of whether, no matter if. For example, Whether or not it rains, we're going to walk to the theater , or She plans to sing at the wedding, whether or no anyone asks her to . The negative element in these constructions may also follow the subject and verb, as in I have to attend, whether I want to or not . [c. 1600]
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Example Sentences

The case will now be referred to Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet, who will decide whether or not to press charges.

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It will now be up to the ICC's 124 member states - which do not include Israel or its ally, the United States - to decide whether or not to enforce the warrants.

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The group's top Republican, Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi, shared that there was "no agreement" on whether or not to release the report.

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The question at this point is whether or not they are capable of doing that or will spend most of their time on Fox News sucking up to the big boss, which is how they got the nod for their jobs in the first place.

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“Whether or not you can play professional hockey, you have a Harvard degree to use,” Laferriere said.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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