wherever

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Where ever

   Where ever; an emphatic form of where.

   • Wherever have you been all my life?
2. 2

   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.
3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      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.
   2. 5

      In, at or to any place (that)

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

      • You can sit wherever you like.
      • I'd follow you wherever you went.
   3. 6

      In, at or to all places or situations (that)

      In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.

      • Add quotations wherever they are needed.
      • I see mistakes wherever I look.
      • Our charity has limited funds, but we help wherever we can.
   4. 7

      Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.

      • She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.

The neighborhood

• synonymeverwhere
• neighbor—
• neighborhenceafter
• neighborhenceforth
• neighborhenceforward
• neighborhenceforwards
• neighborhencefrom
• neighborhereabout
• neighborhereabouts
• neighborhereabove
• neighborhereafter
• neighborhereafters
• neighborhereagainst