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Where
Pronunciation
- wâr, /weə(r)/, /we@(r)/
- Homophones: wear
- hwâr, /ʍeə(r)/, /We@(r)/
Conjunction
where
- The place in, at or to which.
- He knows where he's going.
- The situation in which.
- He's exactly where he belongs.
Translations
the place in, at or to which
- Chinese: 哪里
- Dutch: waar , waarheen , waarvan , waarvandaan
- Esperanto: kie
- French: où, là où
- German: wo, wohin , woher
- Ido: ube
- Indonesian: ke mana, di mana
- Italian: dove
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- Japanese: 何処 (どこ , doko)
- Kurdish: cihê
- Polish: gdzie , dokąd , skąd
- Russian: где
- Slovenian: kje
- Spanish: donde
- Thai: tee-nie (tii-nai)
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the situation in which
Adverb
where
- (used interrogatively, in either a direct or indirect question) At what place; to what place; from what place.
- Where are you?
- Where are you going?
- Where did you come from?
- In what situation.
- Where would we be without our parents?
Translations
at/to what place; from what place
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- Japanese: 何処 (どこ , doko), どうなる (dō naru)
- Kurdish: kû
- Latin: ubi
- Norwegian: hvor
- Polish: gdzie , dokąd , skąd
- kde
- Spanish: dónde
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in what situation
Pronoun ( Relative pronoun)
where
- The place in which.
- He lives within five miles of where he was born.
Translations
the place in which
- Dutch: waar , waarheen , waarvan , waarvandaan
- Esperanto: kie
- French: où
- Indonesian: tempat
- Italian: dove
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- Japanese: 場所 (ばしょ , basho)
- Spanish: donde
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Noun
where (uncountable)
- The place in which something happens.
- A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
Translations
- Dutch: waar n, waarheen n, waarvan n, waarvandaan n
- Esperanto: kie
- Finnish: missä
- French: où m
- German: wo n
- Indonesian: tempat
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- Vietnamese: ở đâu
- Japanese: 何処 (どこ , doko)
- Polish: gdzie
- Spanish: donde m
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