Where
[weə] or [wɛr]
Definition
(pron. & conj.) Whether.
(adv.) At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively.
(adv.) At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; -- used relatively.
(adv.) To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going?
(conj.) Whereas.
(n.) Place; situation.
Checker: Marge
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. At which place, in which place.[2]. At what place, in what place.
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Examples
- Where's your friend? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And who are the devoted band, and where will he procure them? Plato. The Republic.
- About a mile west from where I had been stopping a road comes up from the southeast, joining that from La Grange to Memphis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We must begin, for Laura's sake, where there is the best chance of success, I replied. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But pride--where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- We were then led up to the door, where we were directed to get down on our hands and knees with our backs toward the room we were to enter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I then signed to Mr. Peggotty to remain where he was, and emerged from their shade to speak to her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A hard-working man, and not overstrong, he would return to his home from the machine-shop where he was employed, and throw himself on the bed night after night to rest. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- You perceive several places where it has passed across and obliterated the more shallow mark of the front one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Did she know where her husband was? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He once said that he was educated in a university where all the students belonged to families of the aristocracy; and the highest class in the university all wore little red caps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A hob was the flat part of the open hearth where water and spirits were warmed; and the small table, at which people sat when so engaged, was called a nob. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Where Judy Trenor led, all the world would follow; and Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Where could he get Pablo a cigar? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And where are we going to go when this is done? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I think it would be advisable in making the change to leave Hancock where he is until Warren passes him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Where was the plague? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro', where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Who raised her head upon his coming in and asking: 'Where did you go, Liz? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Young lady, if my master don't fall out with me, I'll look down by the kiln by and by, where the boy will be most like, and again in the morning! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He could see a trail through the grass where horses had been led to the stream to drink and there was the fresh manure of several horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Where's the bottle? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Where affection is reciprocal and sincere, and minds are harmonious, marriage _must_ be happy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As for society, he was carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined, and there sociably flogged as a public warning and example. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He got up in the night and I said, 'Where do you go, Pablo? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Where is this man? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Because I saw it only looking out from under the blinds of a window in the house which stood on the corner where the arc light was. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Where's the beef and vegetables I sent home, and the pudding you promised? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Where can I have it, Sam? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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