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whereso

whereso adverb: wheresoever; regardless of which place.

Adverb

whereso (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) wheresoever; regardless of which place
    • Thrand answered that whereso he was, he would still be deemed a brave man, "And now it is meet for thee to settle down and get married, and I would put forth my word and help, if I but knew whereto thou lookest."1900, Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris, The Story of Grettir The Strong
    • But when Commercial and Colonial expansion became a definite and avowed object of the former's policy, she found, whereso she might look, that Britain was there, in the way--"everywhere British colonies, British coaling stations, and floating over a fifth of the globe the British flag."1915, Edward Carpenter, The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife

Origin of whereso

From Middle English whereso; equivalent to where + so; compare Old English hwǣr swā.

Questions about whereso

What does whereso mean?
Whereso means wheresoever; regardless of which place.
What part of speech is whereso?
Whereso is an adverb.

Words near whereso in the dictionary

  1. whereon
  2. whereonto
  3. whereout
  4. whereover
  5. wheres
  6. whereso
  7. wheresoe'er
  8. wheresoeer
  9. wheresoever
  10. wheresomever
  11. wherethan

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