where
Americanadverb
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in or at what place?.
Where is he? Where do you live?
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in what position or circumstances?.
Where do you stand on this question? Without money, where are you?
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in what particular respect, way, etc.?.
Where does this affect us?
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to what place, point, or end? whither?.
Where are you going?
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from what source? whence?.
Where did you get such a notion?
conjunction
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in or at what place, part, point, etc..
Find where he is. Find where the trouble is.
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in or at the place, part, point, etc., in or at which.
The book is where you left it.
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in a position, case, etc., in which.
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
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in any place, position, case, etc., in which; wherever.
Use the ointment where pain is felt.
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to what or whatever place; to the place or any place to which.
I will go where you go.
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in or at which place; and there.
They came to the town, where they lodged for the night.
pronoun
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what place?.
Where did you come from?
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the place in which; point at which.
This is where the boat docks. That was where the phone rang.
noun
idioms
adverb
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in, at, or to what place, point, or position?
where are you going?
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( used in indirect questions )
I don't know where they are
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in, at, or to which (place)
the hotel where we spent our honeymoon
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(subordinating) in the place at which
where we live it's always raining
noun
Usage
Where … at ( Where was he at? ) and where … to ( Where is this leading to? ) are often criticized as redundant because neither at nor to adds anything to the meaning of where, and sentences like the preceding ones are perfectly clear and standard without the final at or to. This criticism does not apply to where … from, which is fully standard: Where does the money come from? The constructions where … at and where … to occur in the speech of educated people but are rare in formal speech and edited writing.
It was formerly considered incorrect to use where as a substitute for in which after a noun which did not refer to a place or position, but this use has now become acceptable: we now have a situation where/in which no further action is needed
Etymology
Origin of where
First recorded before 900; Middle English quher, wher, Old English hwǣr; cognate with Dutch waar, Old High German hwār; akin to Old Norse hvar, Gothic hwar
Example Sentences
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Wolf Alice, winning best group, used their allotted stage time to make a plea for the "pubs, clubs and grassroots venues where we quite literally learned to play our instruments and write our songs".
From BBC
Aerospace, where major defense stocks including Boeing sit, also did well, coming in sixth.
Back at Naab Cafe, where “Make Iran Great Again” signs and photos of Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi hung in the windows facing Westwood Boulevard, Khaleghian and a growing group of friends gathered around a pair of outdoor tables, each of them leaping from their seats to greet each new arrival with embraces and exclamations of “javid Shah” — long live the shah.
From Los Angeles Times
It also said WhatsApp does not share user data with Meta for advertising purposes "except where a user chooses to use optional features", and that data will not be shared if those features are not used.
From BBC
That is because he's an entrepreneur and owner of The Date Sultan stand at London's Borough Market, where he sells fair-trade dates.
From BBC
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