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whether

 
 
/ˈweðər/ conjunction

Definition

CHOICE used to talk about a choice between two or more possibilities: Someone's got to tell her, whether it's you or me. I didn't know whether or not to go.
IF if: I wasn't sure whether you'd like it.
(Definition of whether conjunction from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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