where en · ADV
Pronunciation
- [ˈwɜː] Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- [ˈʍɛɹ] ~ [ˈʍɛɹ̩] without the wine–whine merger
- [ˈʍeɹ] (Scotland)
- /wɛː/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- (UK) audio wine-whine
- [ˈwɛɹ] ~ [ˈwɛɹ̩] wine–whine merger
- [ˈwiə] cheer–chair merger
- /ˈwɜː/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- [ˈʍɛə] without the wine–whine merger
- (US) audio wine-whine
- [ˈwɪ̝ə] cheer–chair merger
- /ˈwɛɚ/ wine–whine merger
- [ˈwe̝ə] without the cheer–chair merger
- /ˈʍɛɚ/ without the wine–whine merger
- /ˈwiə/ cheer–chair merger
- /ˈwɪə/ cheer–chair merger
- [ˈwɛə] wine–whine merger
- /ˈwe̝ə/ without the cheer–chair merger
- (US) audio non-wine-whine
- /ˈʍeɹ/ (Scotland)
- /ˈʍɛə/ without the wine–whine merger
- /ˈwɛə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈweː/ (Australia)
- (UK) audio wine-whine
- /ˈwɛə/ wine–whine merger
- [ˈweː] (Australia)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
Meanings
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(interrogative, not-comparable) In, at or to what place.
I hardly knew where I was going.
I've forgotten where I was in this book, but it was probably around chapter four.
He asked where I grew up.
Where are you going?
Where you going?
Where are you?
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(not-comparable) In what situation.
Where would we be without our parents?
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(not-comparable) In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
Stay where you are.
Let's go where it's warmer.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:Go back where you came from.
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(not-comparable) In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
Please sit where you like.
Their job is to go where they are called.
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(not-comparable, relative) 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.
Show me an example where it happened that way.
That's the place where we went on holiday.
Here's a picture of York, where I was born.
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(not-comparable, qualifier:fused relative) 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.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 122:
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(informal, not-comparable, qualifier:fused relative) A situation or case in which.
A function is where two variables are related.
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(not-comparable) In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.
Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.
You cannot be too careful where explosives are involved.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quher | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| quhar | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| quhere | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (707)
mt fejn (at or in which place) · mk каде (the place in which) · sv vart (to what place) · uz qayerda (at what place; to what place; from what place) · sv vart (to which place or situation) · sv var (at what place; to what place; from what place) · rcf ousa (at what place; to what place; from what place) · nah can (at what place; to what place; from what place) · lo ທີ່ໃດ (at or in which place) · sa कू (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ar أَيْنَ (at or in what place) · si කොහිද (at what place; to what place; from what place) · wuu 阿裡 /阿里 (at or in which place) · ko 어디 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · hu hol (in what situation) · hy որտեղ (at or in which place) · fi minne (to what place) · chr ᎭᏢ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · mns-nor хо̄т (at what place; to what place; from what place) · de wohin (to what place) · ar فين (at or in what place) · uk де (at or in which place) · kri usay (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ur جَہاں (at or in which place) · la ubi (the place in which) · nn kor (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ja どこ (at or in which place) · ro unde (at or in which place) · es adonde (to which place or situation) · ang hwæder (to what place) · sd ڪِٿي (at or in what place) · cdo 底所 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · de wo (at or in which place) · mwl adonde (at or in what place) · is hvert (to what place) · mi hea (at or in which place) · kk қайда (at or in which place) · ar فين (at what place; to what place; from what place) · it laddove (wherever) · war ha-in (at what place; to what place; from what place) · uz qayerda (at or in which place) · io ube (at or in which place) · tly کیا (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ur جَہاں (to which place or situation) · jv endi (at or in which place) · yue 邊度 /边度 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · uz qayda (at what place; to what place; from what place) · th ไหน (at or in which place) · nb hvor (at or in which place) · nl waarheen (to what place) · fa کُجا (at or in which place) · izh mis (at what place; to what place; from what place) · csm myn·ným (at or in which place) · su timanten (at what place; to what place; from what place) · pl skąd (at what place; to what place; from what place) · mn хаашаа (at or in which place) · zh нани (at what place; to what place; from what place) · pt onde (the place in which) · bo ག་པར (at or in which place) · ps چېرې (at what place; to what place; from what place) · bn কোথায় (at or in which place) · cs kde (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fi sinne minne (wherever) · gl a onde (to which place or situation) · hak 哪位 (wherever) · awa कहां (at what place; to what place; from what place) · gl a onde (to what place) · ms mana-mana (wherever) · ka სად (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fi sinne missä (the place in which) · kmr li kû (in what situation) · bn কই (at or in which place) · es dónde (at or in which place) · sh gdjȅ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · rue де (at or in which place) · sco whaur (legal: in the situation in which) · et kus (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ru где (at what place; to what place; from what place) · nn der (the place in which) · pl gdzie (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ba ҡайҙа (at or in which place) · izh kuhu (to what place) · sh gdje (at or in which place) · eo kie (at what place; to what place; from what place) · da hvort (to what place) · de wo (in what situation) · cy man (at what place; to what place; from what place) · he איפה (the place in which) · lv kur (the place in which) · ms dari mana (at what place; to what place; from what place) · wuu 阿裡 /阿里 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fi mikäli (legal: in the situation in which) · de wohin (to which place or situation) · ka საიდან (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fi missä (at or in what place) · lus khawnge (at what place; to what place; from what place) · de wo (at what place; to what place; from what place) · aii ܐܝܟܐ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · sw wapi (at what place; to what place; from what place) · pag iner (at what place; to what place; from what place) · es adónde (to what place) · sv var (at or in which place) · ba ҡайҙа (to which place or situation) · got 𐍈𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴 (to which place or situation) · pt onde (at or in what place) · pl dokąd (to which place or situation) · fa کو (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ppl kan (at what place; to what place; from what place) · sh гдје̏ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · uk звідки́ (at or in which place) · eo de kie (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ka საითკენაც (to which place or situation) · ia ubi (at what place; to what place; from what place) · nb hvor (the place in which) · ka საით (to what place) · ar فين (at what place; to what place; from what place) · he אֵיפֹה (at or in what place) · tr nerede (at or in what place) · ro încotro (to which place or situation) · got 𐍈𐌰𐍂 (at or in which place) · hu merre (to what place) · sco whaur (to which place or situation) · nn kvar (at or in which place) · grc οἷ (to which place or situation) · de wo (at or in what place) · ky кайда (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ko 어디든지 (wherever) · be дзе (at or in what place) · ang hwǣr (at or in what place) · eo kien (to what place) · pt aonde (to which place or situation) · fr où (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ast onde (at or in which place) · nb der (the place in which) · cjy 哪裡 /哪里 (at or in which place) · zea daer'ean-a (to which place or situation) · hi जहाँ (wherever) · ltg kimā (at or in which place) · non hvar (at or in what place) · es donde (the place in which) · zh 哪兒 /哪儿 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ro de unde (at or in which place) · cs kde (at or in what place) · ms di mana (at or in which place) · zh 佗 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · bh कहाँ (at or in which place) · kmr li kû (at what place; to what place; from what place) · nn kor (at or in which place) · grc ἵνα (the place in which) · pt aonde (in what situation) · mr कुठे (at what place; to what place; from what place) · aeb فِينْ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · bsh kuiua (at what place; to what place; from what place) · lo ໃດ (at or in which place) · ta எங்கே (at or in which place) · yue 邊處 /边处 (wherever) · ru где (at or in which place) · gl onde (to what place) · uk де (at what place; to what place; from what place) · hi जिधर (wherever) · ka საიდანაც (at or in which place) · ms dari mana (the place in which) · wuu 啥地方 (at or in which place) · tr nerede (at or in which place) · nah campa (to what place) · da hvor (the place in which) · ta எங்கே (at what place; to what place; from what place) · el οποίο (to which place or situation) · sco whaur (the place in which) · hu hol (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ar حَيْثُ (the place in which) · ro unde (legal: in the situation in which) · fo hvørt (to what place) · la unde (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fr où (at or in what place) · tr nereye (to what place) · uk де (at or in what place) · hu ahol (at or in which place) · evn иду (at what place; to what place; from what place) · az hara (at or in which place) · got 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ca on (at or in which place) · jv ing ngendi (at or in which place) · qu maypi (at or in what place) · sah ханна (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ttj nkaha (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fi jossa (at or in which place) · sh где (at or in which place) · yi וווּ (in what situation) · da hvor (in what situation) · he הֵיכָן (at or in which place) · be дзе (at what place; to what place; from what place) · lo ໃສ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · gl onde (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fur dulà (at or in which place) · ase 1@Side-PalmForward SmallSidetoside (at what place; to what place; from what place) · wuu 啥地方 (wherever) · cjs қайда (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ja 何処 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · id mana (at or in which place) · zdj nɗa (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ask koňo (at what place; to what place; from what place) · pt onde (to which place or situation) · bg откъде́ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · yue 邊度 /边度 (at or in which place) · sc àba (at or in which place) · ru отку́да (at or in which place) · fr vers où (to which place or situation) · eu non (at or in which place) · zea daer-a (at or in which place) · sl kjé (at or in what place) · lo ຢູ່ໃສ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · eo kie (at or in what place) · nl waartoe (to which place or situation) · kmr li kû (at or in what place) · ru отку́да (at what place; to what place; from what place) · cs kde (legal: in the situation in which) · tt кайда (at what place; to what place; from what place) · sl kám (to what place) · nn kvar (at what place; to what place; from what place) · tr nereye (to which place or situation) · sk odkiaľ (at or in which place) · hi किधर (to which place or situation) · bcl kun hain (to which place or situation) · izh kunne (to what place) · sco whaur (at what place; to what place; from what place) · grc ἵνα (at or in which place) · grc ὅποι (wherever) · mk накаде (to which place or situation) · eve иду (at what place; to what place; from what place) · mnc ᠠᠪᠠ (at or in which place) · pt onde (at what place; to what place; from what place) · nl waar (at or in which place) · mdh andaw (at what place; to what place; from what place) · gcr ou (at what place; to what place; from what place) · wa wice (at or in what place) · crh qayerde (at what place; to what place; from what place) · pl dokąd (to what place) · zh 哪兒 /哪儿 (wherever) · la quō (to what place) · yi וווּ (at or in which place) · hu hol (at or in what place) · war diin (the place in which) · ast au (at or in which place) · lv kur (at or in which place) · yi וווּהין (to what place) · cs kde (in what situation) · my ဘယ် (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ja どうなる (at what place; to what place; from what place) · la ubi (in what situation) · fi siellä missä (at or in which place) · pam ante (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ja どこへ (to which place or situation) · aeb وِينْ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · yai ку (at what place; to what place; from what place) · da hvor (at or in what place) · zh 那兒 /那儿 (at or in which place) · uk куди́ (to which place or situation) · fy dêr't (the place in which) · az hanı (at what place; to what place; from what place) · sl kam (to which place or situation) · fi missä (in what situation) · sk kde (at or in which place) · km ណា (at what place; to what place; from what place) · zh 哪裡 /哪里 (wherever) · zh 佗位仔 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · et kus (at or in which place) · bo ག་པར (at or in what place) · zh 哪兒 /哪儿 (at or in which place) · fr où (in what situation) · zh натар (at what place; to what place; from what place) · mt fejn (at what place; to what place; from what place) · alt кайда (at or in which place) · mnc ᠠᠪᠠ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · zh 哪 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · bn কোথায় (at what place; to what place; from what place) · gd cà (at what place; to what place; from what place) · io ube (at what place; to what place; from what place) · id di mana (at or in which place) · fy wêr (at what place; to what place; from what place) · zh 佗落 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · cs kam (to which place or situation) · vo kö (at or in which place) · my ဘယ်အရပ်မှာ (at or in which place) · te ఎక్కడ (in what situation) · eu non (at or in what place) · fi sinne missä (to which place or situation) · gl onde (at or in what place) · fr où que (wherever) · tl saan (at what place; to what place; from what place) · nci cān (at what place; to what place; from what place) · hsn 哪裡 /哪里 (wherever) · hi जहाँ (the place in which) · cs kde (the place in which) · lv kur (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fa کُجا (at what place; to what place; from what place) · zdj nɗahu (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ltg kimā (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fa کُجَا (at or in which place) · ko 하처 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ar فاين (at or in what place) · got 𐍈𐌰𐍂 (the place in which) · hu hová (to what place) · ga cá (at what place; to what place; from what place) · hi कहाँ (to which place or situation) · oc ont (at or in which place) · tr nerede (at what place; to what place; from what place) · sv där (the place in which) · tl saan (in what situation) · bg къде́ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · xcl ուր (at what place; to what place; from what place) · mnp 呢底 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · bcl kun nasain (to which place or situation) · crh qayda (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ca on (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fo hvagar (to what place) · ar وين (at what place; to what place; from what place) · pam anta (at what place; to what place; from what place) · hsn 哪裡 /哪里 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ka სად (at or in what place) · el πού (at what place; to what place; from what place) · fro ou (at what place; to what place; from what place) · bn যেখানে (at what place; to what place; from what place) · lt kur (at or in what place) · gl onde (wherever) · apd وين (at what place; to what place; from what place) · izh kus (at or in what place) · my ပဇာ (at or in which place) · sh где̏ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ur کَہاں (at what place; to what place; from what place) · zh натар (at or in which place) · sv vartän (wherever) · fr d'où (at or in which place) · nl waar (at or in what place) · mnc ᠠᡳ ᠪᠠ (at or in which place) · grc ὅπου (the place in which) · am የት (at or in which place) · pt aonde (to what place) · ro unde (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ur کِدَھر (at what place; to what place; from what place) · os кӕм (at what place; to what place; from what place) · dsb źož (at or in which place) · ar وين (at or in what place) · hu ahova (to which place or situation) · ar فين (at or in what place) · hi कहाँ (to what place) · grc ᾗ (the place in which) · cic katiyakta (at or in which place) · pt aonde (at or in which place) · zh натар (wherever) · grc ποῦ (to what place) · ru где (in what situation) · be адку́ль (at or in which place) · nl waarvandaan (the place in which) · hak 哪仔 (at or in which place) · pam nokarin (at what place; to what place; from what place) · th ที่ไหน (at or in which place) · mi tea (at or in which place) · grc ἔνθα (at or in which place) · id di mana (at what place; to what place; from what place) · nl waar (at what place; to what place; from what place) · te ఎక్కడ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · yi וווּ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ny pati (at what place; to what place; from what place) · pt onde (at or in which place) · rm nua (at what place; to what place; from what place) · arc אַיְכָּא (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ka სადაც (at or in which place) · izh mis (at or in what place) · nl waar (the place in which) · grc πόθι (at or in what place) · fi sieltä missä (the place in which) · ms mana (at or in which place) · yue 邊處 /边处 (at what place; to what place; from what place) · sh kuda (to which place or situation) · orv къдѣ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · it dove (the place in which) · acm وَيْن (at what place; to what place; from what place) · my ပဇာ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · nb hvor (at what place; to what place; from what place) · sk kam (to what place) · tg куҷо (at what place; to what place; from what place) · hak 哪位 (at or in which place) · lo ທີ່ໃດ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · he הֵיכָן (at what place; to what place; from what place) · vi ở đâu (in what situation) · izh kus (at what place; to what place; from what place) · nl waarheen (to which place or situation) · syl ꠇꠥꠘꠣꠘꠧ (at what place; to what place; from what place) · de woher (at or in which place) · cdo 底所 (wherever) · id ke mana (at or in which place) · crh qayerge (at or in which place) · tk nirä (at or in which place) · mrj кышты (at or in which place) · ars وَيْن (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ia ubi (at or in which place) · id tempat (the place in which) · grc ποῖ (to what place) · nl waarnaartoe (to what place) · nah can (at or in what place) · id ke mana (at what place; to what place; from what place) · be куды́ (to which place or situation) · vi chỗ (the place in which) · ba ҡайҙа (at or in what place) · alt кайда (at what place; to what place; from what place) · yue 邊處 /边处 (at or in which place) · mg aiza (at what place; to what place; from what place) · sq ku (at or in which place) · zh 佗位 (wherever) · ky каякка (to which place or situation) · pam anto (at what place; to what place; from what place) · ny kuti (at or in what place) · mk каде (legal: in the situation in which) · ru куда́ (to which place or situation) · cs odkud (at or in which place) · it dove (at or in which place) · vi ở đâu (at what place; to what place; from what place) · oj aaniindi (at or in what place) · ms di mana (at what place; to what place; from what place) · es donde (at or in which place) · sl kjé (at or in which place) · as য’ত (wherever) · kmr kû (at what place; to what place; from what place) · bg къде́ (at or in which place) · haw aia i hea (at what place; to what place; 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