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where



where adverb, conjunction BrE [weə(r)] NAmE [wer]
adverb
1. in or to what place or situation
Where do you live?
I wonder where they will take us to.
Where (= at what point) did I go wrong in my calculations?
Where (= in what book, newspaper, etc.) did you read that?
Just where (= to what situation or final argument) is all this leading us?
2. used after words or phrases that refer to a place or situation to mean ‘at, in or to which’
It's one of the few countries where people drive on the left.
3. the place or situation in which
We then moved to Paris, where we lived for six years.

Word Origin:
Old English hwǣr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waar and German wo.
 
conjunction
(in) the place or situation in which
This is where I live.
Sit where I can see you.
Where people were concerned, his threshold of boredom was low.
That's where (= the point in the argument at which) you're wrong.

Word Origin:
[where] Old English hwǣr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waar and German wo.
 

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