Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [hwair, wair]
- /ʰwɛər, wɛər/
- /weə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hwair, wair]
- /ʰwɛər, wɛər/
Definitions of where word
- adverb where in or at what place?: Where is he? Where do you live? 1
- adverb where in what position or circumstances?: Where do you stand on this question? Without money, where are you? 1
- adverb where in what particular respect, way, etc.?: Where does this affect us? 1
- adverb where to what place, point, or end? whither?: Where are you going? 1
- adverb where from what source? whence?: Where did you get such a notion? 1
- noun where a place; that place in which something is located or occurs: the wheres and hows of job hunting. 1
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Origin of where
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English quher, wher, Old English hwǣr; cognate with Dutch waar, Old High German hwār; akin to Old Norse hvar, Gothic hwar
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Parts of speech for Where
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
where popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
where usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for where
conjunction where
- whereas — a qualifying or introductory statement, especially one having “whereas” as the first word: to read the whereases in the will.
adverb where
noun where
- place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- location — memory location
- locus — a place; locality.
- point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
Top questions with where
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