where

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   In, at or to what place.

   • Where are you?
   • He asked where I grew up.
   • Where are you going?
2. 2

   In what situation.

   • Where would we be without our parents?
3. 3

   In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).

   • Stay where you are.
   • Go back where you came from.
   • Let's go where it's warmer.
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   1. 4

      In, at or to any place (that)

      In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.

      • Please sit where you like.
      • Their job is to go where they are called.
   2. 5

      In, at or to which.

      • This is the place where we first met.
      • He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.
      • That's the place where we went on holiday.
   3. 6

      The place in, at or to which.

      • He lives within five miles of where he was born.
      • This is a photo of where I went on holiday.
      • Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the steps to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him.
   4. 7

      A situation or case in which.

      • A function is where two variables are related.
   5. 8

      In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.

      • You cannot be too careful where explosives are involved.
      • Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.
   6. 9

      While on the contrary

      While on the contrary; although; whereas.

      • And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.
   7. 10

      That.

      • I read where they caught the guy.
   8. 11

      What place.

      • Where did you come from?
      • Where are you at?
      • Where are you off to?
   9. 12

      The place in which something happens.

      • A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
      • Finding the nymph a sleepe in secret wheare

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