wherever
UK/wɛəˈɹɛvə//(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
wherever adverb: where ever; an emphatic form of where.
Adverb
wherever (not comparable)
- Where ever; an emphatic form of where.
- Wherever have you been all my life?
- In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses.
- I don't care what you do with it; just put it wherever.
- Where do you want to have lunch? — Wherever; I don't mind.
- The place (no matter where) in, at or to which.
- He's back from wherever he's been hiding.
- Go home to wherever you belong.
Conjunction
wherever
- Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
- Wherever you go, I’ll find you.
- Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam,
My blessing, like a line of light,
Is on the waters day and night,
And like a beacon guards thee home.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 28
- In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.
- You can sit wherever you like.
- I'd follow you wherever you went.
- In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.
- Add quotations wherever they are needed.
- I see mistakes wherever I look.
- Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.
- She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.
wherever meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
wherever in Hindi
- wherever
- जहाँ jahā̃, जिधर jidhar, कुत्रापि kutrāpi
- wherever, whithersoever
- जहाँ कहीं jahā̃ kahī̃
wherever in Urdu
- wherever
- کتراپی kutrāpi
wherever in Bengali
- যেখানেই হোক
wherever in Malayalam
- എവിടെയെങ്കിലും
More languagesFewer languages
- wherever in Sanskrit
- कुत्रापि kutrāpi, यत्र yátra
- wherever in Arabic
- أَيْنَ ʔayna, أَيْنَمَا ʔaynamā, حَيْثُمَا ḥayṯumā
- wherever in Malay
- di mana jua, di mana sahaja, ke mana jua, ke mana sahaja
Examples of wherever in a sentence
- Our charity has limited funds, but we help wherever we can.
- If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Synonyms of wherever
Forms of wherever
| alternative form (obsolete) | whereever |
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Origin of wherever
From where + -ever.
Phrases with wherever
Words that rhyme with wherever
17 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about wherever
- What does wherever mean?
- Wherever means where ever; an emphatic form of where.
- What is wherever in Hindi?
- Wherever in Hindi is जहाँ (jahā̃), जिधर (jidhar), कुत्रापि (kutrāpi). See Wherever meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use wherever in a sentence?
- Our charity has limited funds, but we help wherever we can.
- What part of speech is wherever?
- Wherever can be an adverb or a conjunction.
- How do you pronounce wherever?
- Wherever is pronounced /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ (US).
Words near wherever in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wherever (page history and authors); कुत्रापि (Hindi) (page history and authors); کتراپی (Urdu) (page history and authors); wherever (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wherever (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कुत्रापि (Sanskrit) (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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