where
Meaning
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- In, at or to which place or situation.
- In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
- In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
- In a position, case, etc. in which; if.
- While on the contrary; although; whereas.
Synonyms
what place
which way
where to
where ... to
which place
from where
in which place
marks what
who type question
where is
from the time
where at
at what
where from
in what place
to which place
which one
which direction
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʍɛə/
Etymology
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).
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