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1.
contraction of where is: Where's my belt?
2.
contraction of where has: Where's he been all night?
3.
contraction of where does: Where's he study law?
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Where's
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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adverb
1.
in or at what place?: Where is he? Where do you live?
2.
in what position or circumstances?: Where do you stand on this question? Without money, where are you?
3.
in what particular respect, way, etc.?: Where does this affect us?
4.
to what place, point, or end? whither?: Where are you going?
5.
from what source? whence?: Where did you get such a notion?
conjunction
6.
in or at what place, part, point, etc.: Find where he is. Find where the trouble is.
7.
in or at the place, part, point, etc., in or at which: The book is where you left it.
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in a position, case, etc., in which: Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
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in any place, position, case, etc., in which; wherever: Use the ointment where pain is felt.
10.
EXPANDto what or whatever place; to the place or any place to which: I will go where you go.
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COLLAPSEin or at which place; and there: They came to the town, where they lodged for the night.
pronoun
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what place?: Where did you come from?
13.
the place in which; point at which: This is where the boat docks. That was where the phone rang.
noun
Idiom14.
a place; that place in which something is located or occurs: the wheres and hows of job hunting.
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where it's at, Slang. where the most exciting, prestigious, or profitable activity or circumstance is to be found.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English quher, wher, Old English hwǣr; cognate with Dutch waar, Old High German hwār; akin to Old Norse hvar, Gothic hwar
before 900; Middle English quher, wher, Old English hwǣr; cognate with Dutch waar, Old High German hwār; akin to Old Norse hvar, Gothic hwar
Usage note
Where … at (Where was he at?) and where … to (Where is this leading to?) are often criticized as redundant because neither at nor to adds anything to the meaning of where, and sentences like the preceding ones are perfectly clear and standard without the final at or to. This criticism does not apply to where … from, which is fully standard: Where does the money come from? The constructions where … at and where … to occur in the speech of educated people but are rare in formal speech and edited writing.
Where … at (Where was he at?) and where … to (Where is this leading to?) are often criticized as redundant because neither at nor to adds anything to the meaning of where, and sentences like the preceding ones are perfectly clear and standard without the final at or to. This criticism does not apply to where … from, which is fully standard: Where does the money come from? The constructions where … at and where … to occur in the speech of educated people but are rare in formal speech and edited writing.
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where
O.E. hwær, hwar, from P.Gmc. *khwar (cf. O.S. hwar, O.N. hvar, O.Fris. hwer, M.Du. waer, O.H.G. hwar, Ger. wo, Goth. hvar "where"), from PIE interrogative base *qwo- (see who).
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