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WHERE, adv.

1. At which place or places.

She visited the place where first she was so happy--

In all places where I record my name, I will come to thee and I will bless thee. Exodus 20.

2. At or in what place.

Adam, where art thou? Genesis 3.

3. At the place in which.

Where I though the remnant of my age should have been cherishd by her child-like duty.

4. Whither; to what place, or from what place. Where are you going? Where are you from? [These uses of where are common, and the first cannot be condemned as vulgar.]

Any where, in any place. I sought the man, but could not find him any where.

[Note. Where seems to have been originally a noun, and was so used by Spenser. He shall find no where safe to him. In this sense, it is obsolete; yet it implies place, its original signification.]


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WHERE, adv.

1. At which place or places.

She visited the place where first she was so happy--

In all places where I record my name, I will come to thee and I will bless thee. Exodus 20.

2. At or in what place.

Adam, where art thou? Genesis 3.

3. At the place in which.

Where I though the remnant of my age should have been cherishd by her child-like duty.

4. Whither; to what place, or from what place. Where are you going? Where are you from? [These uses of where are common, and the first cannot be condemned as vulgar.]

Any where, in any place. I sought the man, but could not find him any where.

[Note. Where seems to have been originally a noun, and was so used by Spenser. He shall find no where safe to him. In this sense, it is obsolete; yet it implies place, its original signification.]

WHERE, adv. [Sax. hwær; Goth. hwar; Sw. hvar; D. waar.]

  1. At which place or places. She visited the place where first she was so happy. Sidney. In all places where I record my name, I will come to thee and I will bless thee. Exod. xx.
  2. At or in what place. Adam, where art thou? – Gen. iii.
  3. At the place in which. Where I thought the remnant of my age / should have been cherish'd by her child-like duty. – Shak.
  4. Whither; to what place or from what place. Where are you going? Where are you from? [These uses where are common, and the first can not be condemned as vulgar.] Any where, in any place. I sought the man, but could not find him any where. Note. Where seems to have been originally a noun, and was so used by Spenser. “He shall find no where safe to him.” In this sense, it is obsolete; yet it implies place, its original signification.

Where
  1. At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively.

    God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou? Gen. iii. 9.

    * See the Note under What, pron., 1.

  2. Whereas.

    And flight and die is death destroying death;
    Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.     Shak.

  3. Place; situation.

    [Obs. or Colloq.]

    Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. Spenser.

  4. 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. Sir P. Sidney.

    Where I thought the remnant of mine age
    Should have been cherished by her childlike duty.     Shak.

    Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. Shak.

    But where he rode one mile, the dwarf ran four. Sir W. Scott.

  5. 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? Goldsmith.

    Lodged in sunny cleft,
    Where the gold breezes come not.     Bryant.

    * Where is often used pronominally with or without a preposition, in elliptical sentences for a place in which, the place in which, or what place.

    The star . . . stood over where the young child was. Matt. ii. 9.

    The Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Matt. viii. 20.

    Within about twenty paces of where we were. Goldsmith.

    Where did the minstrels come from? Dickens.

    * Where is much used in composition with preposition, and then is equivalent to a pronoun. Cf. Whereat, Whereby, Wherefore, Wherein, etc.

    Where away (Naut.), in what direction; as, where away is the land?

    Syn. -- See Whither.

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Where

WHERE, adverb

1. At which place or places.

She visited the place where first she was so happy--

In all places where I record my name, I will come to thee and I will bless thee. Exodus 20:21.

2. At or in what place.

Adam, where art thou? Genesis 3:9.

3. At the place in which.

WHERE I though the remnant of my age should have been cherishd by her child-like duty.

4. Whither; to what place, or from what place. where are you going? where are you from? [These uses of where are common, and the first cannot be condemned as vulgar.]

Any where in any place. I sought the man, but could not find him any where

[Note. where seems to have been originally a noun, and was so used by Spenser. He shall find no where safe to him. In this sense, it is obsolete; yet it implies place, its original signification.]

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