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where |(h)we(?)r|
adverb
in or to what place or position: where do you live? | where is she going? | [ with preposition ] : where do you come from?
• in what direction or respect: where does the argument lead?
• in or from what source: where did you read that?
• in or to what situation or condition: just where is all this leading us?
relativeadverb
1 at, in, or to which (used after reference to a place or situation): I first saw him in Paris, where I lived in the early sixties.
2 the place or situation in which: this is where I live.
• in or to a place or situation in which: sit where I can see you | where people were concerned, his threshold of boredom was low.
• in or to any place in which; wherever: he was free to go where he liked.
conjunction informal
1 that: do you see where the men in your life are emotionally unavailable to you? | I see where the hotel has changed hands again.
2 whereas: where some caregivers burn out, others become too involved.
noun [ (prec. by the) ]
the place; the scene of something.
• (see when).
ORIGIN Old English hw?r, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waar and German wo .
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