{
    "term": "whoever",
    "partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the person or people who; any person who",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Whoever says that is a liar."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Send it to whoever is in charge of sales."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to say that it does not matter who, since the result will be the same",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Come out of there, whoever you are."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't want to see them, whoever they are."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used in questions to mean ‘who’, expressing surprise",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Whoever heard of such a thing!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/huːˈevə(r)/",
                "audio": "wh/whoever/whoever__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/huːˈevər/",
                "audio": "wh/whoever/whoever__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}