where.
In, at or to what place.
Meaning & usage
In, at or to what place.
Where are you?
He asked where I grew up.
In what situation.
Where would we be without our parents?
In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
Stay where you are.
Go back where you came from.
In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
Please sit where you like.
Their job is to go where they are called.
In, at or to which.
This is the place where we first met.
He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.
The place in, at or to which.
He lives within five miles of where he was born.
This is a photo of where I went on holiday.
A situation or case in which.
A function is where two variables are related.
In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.
You cannot be too careful where explosives are involved.
Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where 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 *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
While on the contrary; although; whereas.
Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.
That.
I read where they caught the guy.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where 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 *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
What place.
Where did you come from?
Where are you at?
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where 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 *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
The place in which something happens.
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where 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 *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
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