where
conjunction
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L333934 on Wikidata ↗pronoun
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L333974 on Wikidata ↗- what place
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/ / [ˈwɛə] / /ˈʍɛə/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
- In, at or to what place.
“Where are you?”
“He asked where I grew up.”
- In what situation.
“Where would we be without our parents?”
- In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
“Stay where you are.”
“Go back where you came from.”
- In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
“Please sit where you like.”
“Their job is to go where they are called.”
- In, at or to which.
“This is the place where we first met.”
“He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.”
- The place in, at or to which.
“He lives within five miles of where he was born.”
“This is a photo of where I went on holiday.”
- A situation or case in which.
“A function is where two variables are related.”
- In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.
“You cannot be too careful where explosives are involved.”
“Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.”
conj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
- While on the contrary; although; whereas.
“And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.”
“July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.”
- That.
“I read where they caught the guy.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
- The place in which something happens.
“A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.”
“Finding the nymph a sleepe in secret wheare”
pron
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
- What place.
“Where did you come from?”
“Where are you at?”