where

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This word consists of 5 letters and is spelled as "W-H-E-R-E". It has 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

How do you spell where

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where

adverb

How to pronunciation where: ˈ(h)wer

What does Where Mean?

What does where meaning in English

1. At which place or places. She visited that place, where first she was so happy as to see the cause of her unhap. Sidney. God doth in publick prayer respect the solemnity of places, where his name should be called on amongst his people. Hooker. In every land we have a larger space, Where we with green adorn our fairy bow’rs. Dryden. In Lydia born, Where plenteous harvests the fat fields adorn. Dryden.
   
2. At what place. Ah! where was Eloise ? Pope.
   
3. At the place in which. Where I thought the remnant of mine age Should have been cherish’d by her child-like duty, I now am full resolv’d to take a wife. Shakespeare.

Other definitions for where

The definition of 'where' is: at, in, or to what place

How to spell where

Want to know how to spell where, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "where consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈ(h)wer".

Synonyms for where:

There are synonyms for where'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of where:

whereabouts, whither

Some words similar to "where"

• there'll
• fathered
• half-sphere
• witheredness
• atmospheres
• therewith
• hereupon
• incoherent
• heresiarch
• therefrom

Idioms with the word where

• get nowhere fast

The word "where" in works of art

I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart.

Kazuo Ishiguro / Never Let Me Go

If we're not in hell, where are we?

The Cherry Orchard / Anton Chekhov

I'm a realist. Where I come from, the best way to avoid disappointment is to assume the worst.

MAS*H / Larry Gelbart

Mackenzie, just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my using something means I caused it or that I need it to accomplish my purposes. That will only lead you to false notions about me. Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

The Shack / William P. Young

Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be.

Doctor Faustus / Christopher Marlowe

Greetings, my friends. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.

Plan 9 from Outer Space / Ed Wood

Each time he took a walk, he felt as though he were leaving himself behind, and by giving himself up to the movement of the streets, by reducing himself to a seeing eye, he was able to escape the obligation to think, and this, more than anything else, brought him a measure of peace, a salutary emptiness within...By wandering aimlessly, all places became equal, and it no longer mattered where he was. On his best walks, he was able to feel that he was nowhere. And this, finally, was all he ever asked of things: to be nowhere.

Paul Auster / City of Glass

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How many points in scrabble for where

How many points is the word "where" in Scrabble? Is "where" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word where is 11

Where do the origins of disease names come from?

Throughout history, disease names have often been influenced by the individual who first described or identified the illness. For instance, Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder characterized by tremors and movement difficulties, is named after James Parkinson, an English physician who first described its symptoms in 1817. Similarly, other diseases like Alzheimer's disease, named after Alois Alzheimer, the German psychiatrist who identified its pathological features, and Hodgkin's lymphoma, named after Thomas Hodgkin, an English physician who described the condition, bear the names of their pioneering observers.