whether

Kazanmak için ister Lions'ları ister Tiger'ları seç, sonucu şansa bağlıdır. Çünkü her iki takım eşit olarak güçlüdür. - Whether you pick the Lions or Tigers to win, the result will be a toss-up because both teams are equally strong.

Başarılı olup olmayacağın çabalarına bağlıdır. - Whether you will succeed or not depends on your efforts.

whether or not olsa da olmasa da

"-mek veya -memek," "-ip -mediğini," "-ip -meyeceğini" gibi fiil şekillerinin kullanıldığı durumlarda kullanılır: The only question

sada ...masada (Örnek: gelsede gelmesede)

whether he goes or not

gitse de gitmese de

whether or

olup olmadığı

don't know whether to eat it or rub it on

(deyim) atsan atılmaz satsan satılmaz

whether or

gerek

Tom Mary'ye söyleyip söylememesi gerektiğinden emin değildi. - Tom was uncertain whether or not he should tell Mary.

Tom'un Mary'ye bunu yapması gerektiğini söyleyip söylemediğini merak ettim. - I wondered whether or not Tom had told Mary she needed to do that.

be whether

olmak ister

regardless of whether

gelsen de, gelmesen de

i doubt whether ...

pek sanmam./... pek sanmıyorum

make a decision of (whether)

yönünde karar vermek

English - English

Definition of whether in English English dictionary

Introducing a direct interrogative question (often with correlative or) which indicates doubt between alternatives

Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge, Or the reputed sonne of Cordelion?.

Used to introduce an indirect interrogative question that consists of multiple alternative possibilities (usually with correlative or)

He chose the correct answer, but whether by luck or by skill I don't know.

Which of two

The debite answered and sayde unto them: whether of the twayne will ye that I lett loosse unto you?.

Without a correlative, used to introduce a simple indirect question; if, whether or not

Do you know whether he's coming?.

Used to introduce a disjunctive adverbial clause which qualifies the main clause of the sentence (with correlative or)

He's coming, whether you like it or not.

{p} which of the two

{a} some way

Which (of two); which one (of two); used interrogatively and relatively

conj. if; "if" used to introduce two possibilities the second of which is usually preceded by "or

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

Used to introduce multiple alternative possibilities, and indicate the irrelevance of which is the case; regardless of whether, no matter whether

pron. which (of the two), whichever (of two)

Used to introduce an interrogative content clause (indirect question) that consists of multiple alternative possibilities, and indicate uncertainty between them; if

You use whether to say that something is true in any of the circumstances that you mention. Whether they say it aloud or not, most men expect their wives to be faithful. beers and lagers of all kinds, whether bottled or draught

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

Used to introduce a yes-or-no interrogative content clause (indirect question) that consists of a single possibility, and indicate uncertainty over it; if, whether or not

You use whether when you are talking about a choice or doubt between two or more alternatives. To this day, it's unclear whether he shot himself or was murdered They now have two weeks to decide whether or not to buy I don't know whether they've found anybody yet

wher

where

I wonder if Tom knows where Mary's umbrella is. - I wonder whether Tom knows where Mary's umbrella is.

I wonder if Tom still remembers where we first met. - I wonder whether Tom still remembers where we first met.

wheder

whether or not

In any case

They've only been married a very few weeks, whether or not.

whether or no

in any event, no matter what, willy-nilly, it must be, it has to happen

don't know whether to eat it or rub it on

(deyim) do not know what to do with something

I don't know whether I'm coming or going

{ü} I have so many things to deal with and I can't decide what to do

doubt whether

question if, disbelieve, be unsure whether

whether

Hyphenation

wheth·er

Turkish pronunciation

hwedhır

Pronunciation

/ˈhweᴛʜər/ /ˈhwɛðɜr/

Etymology

[ hwe-[th]&r, we-, (" ] (pronoun.) before 12th century. Old English hwæþer, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþaraz, comparative form of *hwa-, *hwe- (“who”). Cognate with German weder (“neither”), Swedish hvar, Icelandic hvorr (“each”).