either way

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Mid-Atlantic)

  (file)

Adverb

either way (not comparable)

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

   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.

   Synonym: regardless

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