where

adverb

1. (used interrogatively, in either a direct or indirect question) At what place; to what place; 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?

conjunction

1. While on the contrary; although; whereas.

- Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.

2. At or in which place or situation.

- He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.

- I've forgotten where I was in this book, but it was probably around chapter four.

3. To which place or situation.

- The snowbirds travel where it is warm.

4. Wherever.

- Their job is to go where they are called.

5. (law) In a position, case, etc., in which.

- Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.

noun

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.

- Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. — Spenser.

pronoun

1. The place in which.

- He lives within five miles of where he was born.