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where

UK/ˈwɛə/ US/ˈwɛə/ very common informal

adverb

1.

in or at or to what place

  • “I know where he is”
  • “use it wherever necessary”
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Origin

From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).

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