Where
adverb
1.
in or at what place?:
Where is he? Where do you live?
2.
in what position or circumstances?:
Where do you stand on this question? Without money, where are you?
3.
in what particular respect, way, etc.?:
Where does this affect us?
4.
to what place, point, or end? whither?:
Where are you going?
5.
from what source? whence?:
Where did you get such a notion?
conjunction
6.
in or at what place, part, point, etc.:
Find where he is. Find where the trouble is.
7.
in or at the place, part, point, etc., in or at which:
The book is where you left it.
8.
in a position, case, etc., in which:
Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.
9.
in any place, position, case, etc., in which; wherever:
Use the ointment where pain is felt.
10.
to what or whatever place; to the place or any place to which:
I will go where you go.
11.
in or at which place; and there:
They came to the town, where they lodged for the night.
pronoun
12.
what place?:
Where did you come from?
13.
the place in which; point at which:
This is where the boat docks. That was where the phone rang.
noun
14.
a place; that place in which something is located or occurs:
the wheres and hows of job hunting.
Idioms
15.
where it’s at, Slang. where the most exciting, prestigious, or profitable activity or circumstance is to be found.
1.
contraction of where is:
Where’s my belt?
2.
contraction of where has: Where’s he been all night?
3.
contraction of where does:
Where’s he study law?
adverb
1.
in, at, or to what place, point, or position?: where are you going?
(used in indirect questions): I don’t know where they are
2.
in, at, or to which (place): the hotel where we spent our honeymoon
3.
(subordinating) in the place at which: where we live it’s always raining
noun
4.
(usually pl) a question as to the position, direction, or destination of something
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