where
/ˈwɛə/
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British/wɛː/
where adverb: in, at or to what place.
Adverb
where (not comparable)
- In, at or to what place.
- Where are you?
- He asked where I grew up.
- Synonyms:
- whither
- 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.
Conjunction
where
- While on the contrary; although; whereas.
- And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
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- That.
- I read where they caught the guy.
Pronoun
where
- What place.
- Where did you come from?
- Where are you at?
Noun
where (plural wheres)
- 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 wheare1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 19
where meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
where in Hindi
- at or in which place
- कहाँ kahā̃, किधर kidhar
- at what place; to what place; from what place
- कहाँ kahā̃, किधर kidhar
- at or in what place
- किधर kidhar
- to what place
- कहाँ kahā̃, किधर kidhar
where in Tamil
- at or in which place
- எங்கே eṅkē
- at what place; to what place; from what place
- எங்கே eṅkē
- to which place or situation
- எங்கே eṅkē
where in Marathi
- at what place; to what place; from what place
- कुठे kuṭhe
where in Urdu
- at or in which place
- جَہاں jahā̃
- at what place; to what place; from what place
- کَہاں kahā̃, کِدَھر kidhar
- to which place or situation
- جَہاں jahā̃
More languagesFewer languages
- where in Bengali
- কোথায় kōthaẏ, কই kôi, যেখানে jekhane
- where in Telugu
- ఎక్కడ ekkaḍa
- where in Sanskrit
- कू kū́, कुत्र kútra
- where in Sinhala
- කෝ kō, කොහිද kohida
- where in Assamese
- ক’ত köt, য’ত zöt
- where in Pashto
- چېرې
- where in Tagalog
- kung saan, saan, kinaroroonan
- where in Arabic
- حَيْث ḥayṯ, أَيْن ʔayna, ʔayn, فين fēn, وَيْن wēn
- where in Malay
- mana, di mana, ke mana, dari mana
- where in Indonesian
- mana, di mana, ke mana, tempat
- where in Persian
- کُجَا kujā, کُجا kojâ, کو ku
- where in Thai
- ที่ไหน tîi-nǎi, ไหน nǎi
- where in Vietnamese
- đâu, ở đâu, nơi, chỗ
- where in Myanmar
- ဘယ်အရပ်မှာ bhaia.raphma, ပဇာ pa.ja, ဘယ် bhai
- Sindhi
- ڪِٿي kithé, ڪيڏانهن kéddā̃h
Examples of where in a sentence
- Where are you going?
- I've forgotten where I was in this book, but it was probably around chapter four.
- I hardly knew where I was going.
- Let's go where it's warmer.
- That's the place where we went on holiday.
- Here's a picture of York, where I was born.
Synonyms of where
Forms of where
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | quhar |
| alternative form (obsolete) | quher |
| alternative form (obsolete) | quhere |
| Noun | |
| plural | wheres |
Origin of 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).
Words formed from where
- allwhere
- anywhere
- before one knows where one is
- black where it counts
- boldly go where no man has gone before
- credit where credit's due
- don't get your honey where you make your money
- don't get your meat where you get your bread
- don't shit where you eat
- drive a nail where it will go
- eachwhere
- elsewhere
- everwhere
- everywhere
- every where
- every which where
- fools rush in where angels fear to tread
- where one is sitting
- where one sits
- give credit where credit is due
- go back to where you came from
- go hunting where the ducks are
- gold is where you find it
- home is where the heart is
- home is where you hang your hat
- hunt where the ducks are
- hunt where the ducks were
- know where one stands
- know where the bodies are buried
- let the chips fall where they may
- let the dice fall where they may
- let the door hit you where the good Lord split you
- meet someone where they are
- not know where to turn
- otherwhere
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- somewhere
- start from where you are
- tell someone where to get off
- tell someone where to shove it
- there's more where that came from
- this is where I came in
- this is where we came in
- we are where we are
- whereabout
- whereabouts
- whereafter
- whereagainst
- wherealong
- where are the snows of yesteryear
- where are the toilets
- where are we
- where are we going
- where are you
- where are you from
- where are your parents
- whereas
- whereäs
- whereat
- where away
Phrases with where
- no where
- where as
- any where
- where got
- where you at
- where it's at
- where it counts
- where is the lie
- where do you live
- where do you work
- where I come from
- where do I sign up
65 more phrasesFewer phrases
- where does it hurt
- from where one sits
- where have you been
- where is the toilet
- where someone lives
- knew where one stood
- where do you live at
- known where one stood
- where there is a will
- knows where one stands
- where does this bus go
- where the shoe pinches
- where the puck is going
- knowing where one stands
- where can I find a hotel
- where does this train go
- from where one is sitting
- hunts where the ducks are
- where the puck is heading
- where the sun don't shine
- hunted where the ducks are
- hunts where the ducks were
- hunted where the ducks were
- hunting where the ducks are
- met someone where they were
- where the sun doesn't shine
- hunting where the ducks were
- meets someone where they are
- where someone is coming from
- told someone where to get off
- drives a nail where it will go
- drove a nail where it would go
- meeting someone where they are
- tells someone where to get off
- told someone where to shove it
- you don't know where it's been
- driven a nail where it would go
- driving a nail where it will go
- tells someone where to shove it
- telling someone where to get off
- where there's muck there's brass
- knew where the bodies were buried
- knows where the bodies are buried
- lets the dice fall where they may
- telling someone where to shove it
- where there's smoke, there's fire
- known where the bodies were buried
- lets the chips fall where they may
- where are the snows of yester-year
- where there's a will there's a way
- knowing where the bodies are buried
- letting the dice fall where they may
- where there is a will there is a way
- letting the chips fall where they may
- put one's money where one's mouth was
- puts one's money where one's mouth is
- where there is a will, there is a way
- boldly goes where no man has gone before
- boldly gone where no man has gone before
- boldly went where no man has gone before
- putting one's money where one's mouth is
- where you stand depends on where you sit
- boldly going where no man has gone before
- where there's no sense there's no feeling
- you don't get your nookie where you get your cookies
Words that rhyme with where
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
- aware
Questions about where
- What does where mean?
- Where means in, at or to what place.
- What is where in Hindi?
- Where in Hindi is कहाँ (kahā̃), किधर (kidhar), जहाँ (jahā̃). See Where meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use where in a sentence?
- Where are you going?
- What part of speech is where?
- Where can be an adverb, a conjunction, a pronoun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce where?
- Where is pronounced /ˈwɛə/.
Words near where in the dictionary
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