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whith·er

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–adverb

1.	to what place? where?

2.	to what end, point, action, or the like? to what?

–conjunction

3.	to which place.

4.	to whatever place.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME, var. of ME, OE hwider, alter. of hwæder (c. Goth hwadre), modeled on hider hither

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whith·er Audio Help   (hwĭth'ər, wĭth'-) Pronunciation Key
adv.   To what place, result, or condition: Whither are we wandering?

conj.

To which specified place or position: landed on the shores whither the storm had tossed them.
To whatever place, result, or condition: "Whither thou goest, I will go" (Ruth 1:16).

[Middle English, from Old English hwider; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
whither

O.E. hwider, from P.Gmc. *khwi- "who" (see who) + -der as in hither and thither. Cf. Goth. hvadre.

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whither [ˈwiðə] relative pronoun, adverb

to which place(?)

Arabic:	إلى أيْن ؟
Chinese (Simplified):	去处；到哪里
Chinese (Traditional):	去處；到哪裡
Czech:	kam
Danish:	hvorhen
Dutch:	waarheen
Estonian:	kuhu
Finnish:	minne
French:	oû
German:	wohin
Greek:	προς τα πού;
Hungarian:	hova?
Icelandic:	hvert(?)
Indonesian:	ke mana
Italian:	dove

Japanese:	どこへ
Latvian:	kurp
Lithuanian:	kur
Norwegian:	hvorhen
Polish:	dokąd
Portuguese (Brazil):	onde
Portuguese (Portugal):	para onde
Romanian:	unde
Russian:	куда
Slovak:	kam
Slovenian:	kam
Spanish:	¿adónde?
Swedish:	varthän, vart
Turkish:	nereye

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Whither

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.]

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.

Note: See the Note under What, pron., 1.

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.

Note: Where is often used pronominally with or without a preposition, in elliptical sentences for a place in which, the place in which, or what place.

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.

Note: Where is much used in composition with preposition, and then is equivalent to a pronoun. Cf. Whereat, Whereby, Wherefore, Wherein, etc.

Where away (Naut.), in what direction; as, where away is the land?

Syn: See Whither.

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