where

where
where [ wer, hwer ] function word ***
Where can be used in the following ways:
as a question adverb (introducing a direct or indirect question):
Where are you going?
I wonder where she lives.
as a relative adverb (referring back to a noun and introducing a relative clause):
I know a place where you can hide. (introducing a clause that is subject, object, or complement of another clause):
Stratford is where Shakespeare was born.
as a conjunction (connecting two clauses):
I've hidden the money where no one will find it.
1. ) => NOTE in or to what place
a ) used for asking what place someone or something is in, or what place they go to:
Where would you like to sit?
I wonder where Jack went.
where...to: Do you know where the road leads to?
where...from: Where did the package come from?
b ) used when someone knows or says what place someone or something is in or what place they go to:
She didn't say where she works.
I don't know where Jack is taking me for our anniversary.
2. ) => NOTE in or to a particular place used for referring to a particular place that someone or something is in or that they go to:
We were led to the dining room, where lunch was being served.
Put the picture where I can see it.
This cabinet is where she keeps all her sewing things.
I was a teacher in the college where Khalil was studying.
Where the temple once stood there is now a large parking garage.
3. ) at a particular point used for asking about or referring to a situation or a point in a process, discussion, story, etc.:
Where shall I start?
We may find ourselves in a situation where we can't pay our debts.
Eventually I reached the point where I was beginning to enjoy my work.
The Democrats want to raise taxes, and this is where we differ from them.
4. ) used for showing differences used when comparing two people, things, actions, etc. and showing how they are different:
But where a less determined man might have admitted defeat, Wallace fought back with renewed vigor.
5. ) from what origin used for asking or saying what the origin of something is:
I don't know where she gets these ideas.
where...from: Xavier is an unusual name. Where does it come from?
where it's at SPOKEN
used for describing a situation that is very good, exciting, or fashionable:
The downtown dance scene is where it's at.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • where — W1S1 [weə US wer] adv, conj, pron [: Old English; Origin: hwAr] 1.) in or to which place ▪ Where are you going? ▪ Where do they live? ▪ Do you know where my glasses are? ▪ Where would you like to sit? where (...) to/from ▪ Where have you come… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Where — Where, adv. [OE. wher, whar, AS. hw?r; akin to D. waar, OS. hw?r, OHG. hw[=a]r, w[=a]r, w[=a], G. wo, Icel. and Sw. hvar, Dan. hvor, Goth. hwar, and E. who; cf. Skr. karhi when. [root]182. See {Who}, and cf. {There}.] [1913 Webster] 1. At or in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • where — [hwer, wer] adv. [ME wher < OE hwær, akin to Ger wo & to war in warum: for IE base see WHAT] 1. in or at what place? [where is the car?] 2. to or toward what place or point? [where did he go?] 3. in what situation or position [where will we be …   English World dictionary

  • where is at — where (someone) is at see ↑where, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑at where (someone) is at informal : someone s true position, state, or nature I haven t quite figured out where she s at [=where she stands; what her opinions are] on that issue …   Useful english dictionary

  • where it's at — {adv. phr.}, {informal} That which is important; that which is at the forefront of on going social, personal, or scientific undertakings. * /Young, talented and black, that s where it s at./ * /We send sophisticated machines to Mars instead of… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • where it's at — {adv. phr.}, {informal} That which is important; that which is at the forefront of on going social, personal, or scientific undertakings. * /Young, talented and black, that s where it s at./ * /We send sophisticated machines to Mars instead of… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • where's — [hwerz, werz] contraction 1. where is 2. where has 3. Informal where does …   English World dictionary

  • Where — Where, conj. Whereas. [1913 Webster] And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Where — Where, n. Place; situation. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • where it's at — where important things are happening, where the action is    China that s where it s at today. Their society is changing; their economy is growing …   English idioms

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