where

where
adverb, conjunction
1 at, to, or from a particular place or position: Where do you live? | I asked Lucy where she was going. | Where are you going to put it? | Sit where you like.
—see position 1
2 in, towards, or from a particular situation or at a particular point in a speech, argument etc: Now where was I? Oh yes, I was telling you about taking mother to the airport. | Where will all this fighting and bloodshed end?
3 used at the beginning of a sentence in which the second part expresses the opposite, or something different from the first part: Where most people saw nothing but a hardened criminal, Audrey saw a lonely and desperate man.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • Where — Where, adv. [OE. wher, whar, AS. hw?r; akin to D. waar, OS. hw?r, OHG. hw[=a]r, w[=a]r, w[=a], G. wo, Icel. and Sw. hvar, Dan. hvor, Goth. hwar, and E. who; cf. Skr. karhi when. [root]182. See {Who}, and cf. {There}.] [1913 Webster] 1. At or in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • where it's at — {adv. phr.}, {informal} That which is important; that which is at the forefront of on going social, personal, or scientific undertakings. * /Young, talented and black, that s where it s at./ * /We send sophisticated machines to Mars instead of… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • where it's at — {adv. phr.}, {informal} That which is important; that which is at the forefront of on going social, personal, or scientific undertakings. * /Young, talented and black, that s where it s at./ * /We send sophisticated machines to Mars instead of… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Where — Where, conj. Whereas. [1913 Webster] And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Where — Where, n. Place; situation. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Where — may refer to: * Where (SQL) Database language clause * basic interrogative about location …   Wikipedia

  • Where'er — Wher*e er , adv. Wherever; a contracted and poetical form. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Where It's At — Infobox Single Name = Where It s At Artist = Beck from Album = Odelay B side = Released = 1996 Format = 12 , 4 CDs Recorded = 1996 Genre = Rock, Funk Length = 10 min 49 sec Label = DGC/Bong Load Writer = Producer = Beck, The Dust Brothers… …   Wikipedia

  • where — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwǣr; akin to Old High German hwār where, Old English hwā who more at who Date: before 12th century 1. a. at, in, or to what place < where is the house > < where are we going > b. at, in, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • where — See: TELL ONE WHERE TO GET OFF or TELL ONE WHERE TO HEAD IN …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • where — See: TELL ONE WHERE TO GET OFF or TELL ONE WHERE TO HEAD IN …   Dictionary of American idioms

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