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Where

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Pronunciation

Conjunction

where

  1. The place in, at or to which.
    He knows where he's going.
  2. 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: , là où
  • German: wo, wohin, woher
  • Indonesian: ke mana, di mana
  • Italian: dove
  • Japanese: 何処 (どこ, doko)
  • Polish: gdzie, dokąd, skąd
  • Russian: где
  • Slovenian: kje
  • Spanish: donde
  • Thai: tee-nie (tii-nai)


the situation in which


Adverb

where

  1. (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?
  2. In what situation.
    Where would we be without our parents?

Translations

at/to what place; from what place

  • Japanese: 何処 (どこ, doko), どうなる (dō naru)
  • Polish: gdzie, dokąd, skąd
  • Spanish: dónde


in what situation


Pronoun

where

  1. 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:
  • Indonesian: tempat
  • Italian: dove
  • Japanese: 場所 (ばしょ, basho)
  • Spanish: donde


Noun

where (uncountable)

  1. 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: m
  • German: wo n
  • Indonesian: tempat
  • Japanese: 何処 (どこ, doko)
  • Polish: gdzie
  • Spanish: donde m


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