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wherein

UK/wɛəˈɹɪn//wɛˈɹɪn/

wherein adverb: how, or in what way.

Adverb

wherein (not comparable)

  1. How, or in what way.
    • Wherein did I misspeak myself?
    • Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?1901, Bible (American Standard Version), 1 Kings 18:9

Conjunction

wherein

  1. Where, or in which location.
    • Defile not therefoꝛe the lande which yee ſhall inhabite, wherein I dwell: foꝛ I the Lord dwell among the childꝛen of Iſrael.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 35:34, signature [Q5], verso, column 2
    • As she went through the woods where the primroses and the whitethorn were blossoming, the place seemed as the land of Elim, wherein there were twelve wells and threescore and ten palm trees.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  2. During which.
    • [T]here is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 8:9, signature Lll2, verso, column 2
  3. How, or in what way.
    • In order to show them wherein they were wrong, Samuel was instructed to bear witness against them […]2011, Bible (English Standard Version), 1 Samuel 8:9

wherein meaning in Urdu and Telugu

wherein in Urdu

کب, کیسے, کہاں

wherein in Telugu

wherein
ఎందులో endulō

Examples of wherein in a sentence

  • The machinery, when activated, would create atemporal bubbles wherein nothing was affected by the flow of time.
  • And Saint Paul dehorting us from drunkedness says: Be not drunk with wine wherein is riotousness.
  • From the outset, this issue becomes an often double-edged sword wherein Japan is both valorized and castigated.

All 40 example sentences with wherein

Origin of wherein

From Middle English wherin; equivalent to where- + in.

Words that rhyme with wherein

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Questions about wherein

What does wherein mean?
Wherein means how, or in what way.
What is wherein in Urdu?
Wherein in Urdu is کب, کیسے, کہاں. See Wherein meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is wherein?
Wherein can be an adverb or a conjunction.
How do you pronounce wherein?
Wherein is pronounced /wɛˈɹɪn/ (US).

Words near wherein in the dictionary

  1. wherefor
  2. wherefore
  3. wherefores
  4. wherefors
  5. wherefrom
  6. wherein
  7. whereinafter
  8. whereinbefore
  9. whereinsoever
  10. whereinsofar
  11. whereinto

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wherein (page history and authors); wherein (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఎందులో (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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