where

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[edit] English

Most common English words: never « shall « most « #102: where » those » own » old

[edit] Etymology

From Old English hwær

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[edit] Conjunction

where

  1. While on the contrary; although; whereas.
    Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.
  2. At or in which place or situation.
    He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.
  3. To which place or situation.
    The snowbirds winter where it is warm.
  4. Wherever.
    Their job is to go where they are called.

[edit] Translations

the place in/at which; the place from which
the place to which
the situation in which

[edit] Adverb

where (not comparable)

Positive
where

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. (used interrogatively, in either a direct or indirect question) At what place; to what place; what place.
    Where are you?
    Where are you going?
    Where did you come from?
  2. In what situation.
    Where would we be without our parents?

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at what place; to what place; from what place
in what situation

[edit] Pronoun

where

  1. The place in which.
    He lives within five miles of where he was born.

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the place in which

[edit] Noun

Singular
where

Plural
uncountable

where (uncountable)

  1. The place in which something happens.
    A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

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the place in which something happens

[edit] Derived terms

Terms derived from where
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