whether or not

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phrase (1)

1

: without being stopped or affected by something specified

We're going whether or not you decide to come along.

2

a

: if it is or was true that

uncertain whether or not all the options have been explored

b

: if it is or was better

wondered whether or not to include those details

3

archaic : in any case

"They've only been married a very few weeks, whether or no."

—Thomas Hardy

whether or not

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phrase (2)

variant of whether or no

: in any case

they've only been married a very few weeks, whether or no

—Thomas Hardy

Examples of whether or not in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Phrase

Marylanders will participate in the program whether or not Moore opts in, either sending their money to other states or using it to help children here at home. — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026

No computer can tell you whether or not any equation has a solution with whole numbers. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

In the absence of any sustained challenge to their power, elites seem to trust their capacity to continually outmaneuver the majority of the population regardless of whether or not they are actually trusted. — Via Haymarket Books, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

But the argument for Oura’s valuation depends on whether or not investors are seeing it as a single-product hardware maker or something bigger and with more expansion potential. — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for whether or not

• immunoblot
• aeronaut
• aforethought
• afterthought
• apricot
• argonaut
• astronaut
• camelot
• coffeepot
• concordat
• cosmonaut
• entrepot