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where-

where- prefix: which, what, whom: compounded with prepositions to form compound relative and interrogative pronouns.

Prefix

where-

  1. Which, what, whom: compounded with prepositions to form compound relative and interrogative pronouns.
    • of → whereof (“of which, of what, of whom”)

Origin of where-

See where § Etymology.

Questions about where-

What does where- mean?
Where- means which, what, whom: compounded with prepositions to form compound relative and interrogative pronouns.
What part of speech is where-?
Where- is a prefix.

Words near where- in the dictionary

  1. where's the cameras
  2. where's the fire
  3. where's the lie
  4. where's the lie tho
  5. where've
  6. where-
  7. where-so-ever
  8. whereabout
  9. whereabouts
  10. whereabove
  11. whereacross

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