where

where
[[t](h)wɛər, wɛər[/t]]
adv.
1) in or at what place?:
Where is he? Where do you live?[/ex]
2) in what position or circumstances?:
Where do you stand on this question? Without money, where are you?[/ex]
3) in what particular respect, way, etc.?:
Where does this affect us?[/ex]
4) to what place, point, or end? whither?:
Where are you going?[/ex]
5) from what source? whence?:
Where did you get such a notion?[/ex]
6) fun in or at what place, part, point, etc.:
Find where the trouble is[/ex]
7) fun in or at the place, part, point, etc., in or at which:
The cup is where you left it[/ex]
8) fun in a position, case, etc., in which:
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise[/ex]
9) fun in any place, position, case, etc., in which; wherever:
Use the ointment where pain is felt[/ex]
10) fun to what or whatever place; to the place or any place to which:
I will go where you go[/ex]
11) fun in or at which place; and there:
They came to the town, where they lodged for the night[/ex]
12) Informal. that: I see where highway 49 is to be closed
13) fun what place?:
Where did you come from?[/ex]
14) fun the place in which; point at which:
This is where the boat docks. That was where the phone rang[/ex]
15) a place; that place in which something is located or occurs:
the wheres and hows of job hunting[/ex]
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Etymology: bef. 900; ME quher, wher, OE hwǣr, c. OFris hwēr, OOHG hwār; akin to ON hvar, Go hwar usage: The constructions where … at (Where was he at?) and where … to (Where is this leading to?) are often criticized on the grounds that neither at nor to adds anything to the meaning of where, and that sentences like those above are perfectly clear without the final at or to. Both constructions occur in the speech of educated people but are rare in formal speech and edited writing.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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