where

Meaning

Adv

1. (interrogative, not-comparable) In, at or to what place.
2. (not-comparable) In what situation.
3. (not-comparable) In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
4. (not-comparable) In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
5. (not-comparable, relative) In, at or to which.
6. (not-comparable) The place in, at or to which.
7. (informal, not-comparable) A situation or case in which.
8. (not-comparable) In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.

Conj

1. While on the contrary; although; whereas.
2. (informal) That.

Pron

What place.

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

🅰️

where at

after

at what

direction

haunt

inside

instead of

into

lit

over there

position

rather

room

since

than

thereafter

Translations

où

wo

dove

donde

waar

dónde

wohin

onde

ubi

waarheen

on

nerede

πού

aonde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʍɛə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wher

Inherited from Old English: hwǣr

In summary

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 *kʷo- (interrogative pronoun).

Sentences

Where do you come from ?

Where is your father ?

Where did they come from ?

Where did it come from then ?

Where did you say this man worked ?

He attended the Art Center College of Design where he received his education .