Whether meaning
Used in indirect questions to introduce one alternative.
We should find out whether the museum is open.
conjunction
Either.
He passed the test, whether by skill or luck.
conjunction
Either.
Taxation to support the war, whether just or unjust.
conjunction
Which.
pronoun
If it be the case or fact that.
Ask whether she will help.
conjunction
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In case; in either case that.
conjunction
Which (esp. of two)
pronoun
Bible, Matthew xxi. 31
Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
pronoun
1616, William Shakespeare, King John, I.i.
Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge, [...] Or the reputed sonne of Cordelion?
conjunction
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.
conjunction
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Without a correlative, used to introduce a simple indirect question; if, whether or not.
Do you know whether he's coming?
conjunction
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.
conjunction
Whether is defined as a word used to introduce an alternative.
An example of whether is what someone would say when asking her child if she would like vanilla or chocolate ice cream.
conjunction
Used to introduce alternative possibilities.
Whether she wins or whether she loses, this is her last tournament.
conjunction
Origin of whether
Old English hwæþer, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, comparative form of *hwaz (“who"). Cognate with German weder (“neither"), Swedish hvar, Icelandic hvorr (“each").