Where Definition
wâr, hwâr
adverb
In or at what place?
Where is the car?
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In what situation or position.
Where will we be if we lose?
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To or toward what place or point?
Where did he go?
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In what respect?
Where is she to blame?
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From what place or source?
Where did you get your information?
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conjuntion
In or at what place.
He knows where they are.
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In or at which place.
We came home, where we had dinner.
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In or at the place or situation in which.
He is where he should be.
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In whatever place, situation, or respect in which.
There is never peace where men are greedy.
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To or toward the place to which.
The bus will take you where you're going.
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pronoun
What or which place.
Where do you come from?
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The place or situation in, at, or to which.
He lives two miles from where he works.
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What place, source, or cause.
Where are you from?
American Heritage
In which.
Show me an example where increasing supply has actually increased demand.
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noun
The place (of an event)
To announce the when and where of the marriage.
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prefix
Origin of Where
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From Middle English wher, quher, from Old English hwÇ£r (“where", literally “at what place"), from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where"), from Proto-Indo-European *kÊ·o- (interrogative pronoun). Cognate with Scots quhare (“where"), West Frisian wêr (“where"), Dutch waar (“where"), German wo (“where"), Danish hvor (“where"), Icelandic hvar (“where"); related to Old English hwā (“who"). More at who.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English hwǣr kwo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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