where

Significat (English)

Conj

1. In, at or to which place or situation.
2. In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
3. In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
4. In a position, case, etc. in which; if.
5. While on the contrary; although; whereas.

Adv

1. Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: in, at or to what place.
2. (informal) Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: in, at or to what place.
3. Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: in, at or to what place.
4. In what situation.
5. In, at or to which.
6. The place in, at or to which.

Noun

The place in which something happens.

Synonyms

whither

which

when

there

whereabouts

what place

whence

what

place

which way

location

where to

where ... to

wherein

anywhere

whereabout

how

somewhere

who

which place

wherefrom

from

from where

wherever

in which place

that

nowhere

in

marks what

who type question

where is

ad loc.

from the time

a

a

where at

after

at what

direction

haunt

inside

instead of

into

lit

over there

position

rather

room

since

than

thereafter

thither

where from

whereon

wheresoever

whereto

whereupon

why

in what place

thor

to which place

which one

which direction

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ʍɛə/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: wher

Inherited from anglès antic: hwǣr

In summary

From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (interrogative pronoun).

Frases

Where is your father ?

Where did they come from ?

Where did it come from then ?

Where did you say this man worked ?

Tim kisses Leah , and the two continue where they left off .

Wang Ming was exiled to Moscow where he later died .

All songs by Ciccone Youth , except where noted .

When the simum ceased to blow , everyone looked to the place where the boy had been .