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whereto

whereto adverb: to what; to which place, whither?

Adverb

whereto (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither?
  2. (interrogative, obsolete) To what end; wherefore?
  3. (archaic, relative) To which.
    • According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus

Synonyms of whereto

Origin of whereto

From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where + to.

Questions about whereto

What does whereto mean?
Whereto means to what; to which place, whither?
What part of speech is whereto?
Whereto is an adverb.

Words near whereto in the dictionary

  1. wheresoeer
  2. wheresoever
  3. wheresomever
  4. wherethan
  5. wherethrough
  6. whereto
  7. wheretoever
  8. wheretofore
  9. wheretosoever
  10. wheretoward
  11. wheretowards

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