Where
adv.
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At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively.
God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou?
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At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; -- used relatively.
She visited that place where first she was so happy.
Where I thought the remnant of mine age
Should have been cherished by her childlike duty.
Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly.
But where he rode one mile, the dwarf ran four.
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To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going?
But where does this tend?
Lodged in sunny cleft,
Where the gold breezes come not.
The star . . . stood over where the young child was.
The Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Within about twenty paces of where we were.
Where did the minstrels come from?
Phrases & Compounds
- Where away
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in what direction; as, where away is the land?
Where
conj.
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Whereas.
And flight and die is death destroying death;
Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.
Where
n.
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Place; situation. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Finding the nymph asleep in secret where.