Definition of 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.
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