Where

adv.	1.
	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.
	2.	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.
	3.	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. 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 away (Naut.) in what direction; as, where away is the land?
conj.	1.	Whereas. And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath. - Shak.
n.	1.	Place; situation. Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. - Spenser.

Adv.

1.

where - in or at or to what place; "I know where he is"; "use it wherever necessary" Synonyms: wherever

wherever

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