either way

English

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Adverb

either way (not comparable)

1. Regardless of what happens (out of two possible situations).

   Synonym: regardless

   Just buy it or don't buy it. Either way, we have to get going.

   I'm not sure if I can make it to the party. Either way, I'll let you know beforehand.

Derived terms

• either-way offence

Translations

regardless of what happens

Chinese: Mandarin: 無論如何 / 无论如何 (zh) (wúlùnrúhé), 不管怎樣 / 不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng), 反正 (zh) (fǎnzheng) Danish: uanset hvad Finnish: miten vain, kummin vain French: peu importe (fr), dans un cas comme dans l'autre German: so oder so Greek: όπως και να έχει (ópos kai na échei) Hungarian: mindenesetre (hu) Italian: in ambo i casi, in un modo o nell'altro, ad ogni modo, in tutti i modi, in ogni modo, a prescindere Polish: tak czy inaczej Romanian: oricum (ro) Russian: в любо́м слу́чае (ru) (v ljubóm slúčaje) Spanish: en cualquier caso, de cualquier manera, de todos modos (es), de cualquier modo, de todas maneras (es), en todo caso, de cualquier forma, de todas formas (es), sea como sea, pase lo que pase, comoquiera, comoquier (disused)