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where
[ wair, hwair ]
adverb
- in or at what place?:
Where is he? Where do you live?
- in what position or circumstances?:
Where do you stand on this question? Without money, where are you?
- in what particular respect, way, etc.?:
Where does this affect us?
- to what place, point, or end? whither?:
Where are you going?
- from what source? whence?:
Where did you get such a notion?
conjunction
- in or at what place, part, point, etc.:
Find where he is. Find where the trouble is.
- in or at the place, part, point, etc., in or at which:
The book is where you left it.
- in a position, case, etc., in which:
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
- in any place, position, case, etc., in which; wherever:
Use the ointment where pain is felt.
- to what or whatever place; to the place or any place to which:
I will go where you go.
- in or at which place; and there:
They came to the town, where they lodged for the night.
pronoun
- what place?:
Where did you come from?
- the place in which; point at which:
This is where the boat docks. That was where the phone rang.
noun
- a place; that place in which something is located or occurs:
the wheres and hows of job hunting.
where
/ 飞蓻蓹 /
adverb
- in, at, or to what place, point, or position?
where are you going?
- ( used in indirect questions )
I don't know where they are
- in, at, or to which (place)
the hotel where we spent our honeymoon
- subordinating in the place at which
where we live it's always raining
noun
- usually plural a question as to the position, direction, or destination of something
Usage Note
Usage
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of where1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of where1
Idioms and Phrases
- where it's at, Slang. where the most exciting, prestigious, or profitable activity or circumstance is to be found.
More idioms and phrases containing where
- close to home (hit where one lives)
- fools rush in where angels fear to tread
- give credit (where credit is due)
- know where one stands
- let the chips fall where they may
- not know where to turn
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- take up where one left off
- tell someone where to get off
- this is where I came in
Example Sentences
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Ever the resourceful indie filmmakers inspired by real life, they cast Cooper鈥檚 aunt, Rebecca Goldstein, who had never acted before, as Oliver鈥檚 aunt, and shot the film in her Encino home, where Cooper, a struggling young actor himself, was living at the time.
鈥淚 want folks to take away a feeling of the journey me and my collective have had. The feeling of the perseverance we鈥檝e had to take to get where we are now, the feeling of my city Baltimore,鈥 Woody says.
Detainees at locations where GEO provides healthcare services are provided with 鈥渞obust access to teams of medical professionals,鈥 the spokesperson said, and can access off-site medical specialists, imaging facilities, emergency medical services, and local community hospitals when needed.
Rasmussen is an American based in Canada, where she teaches at the University of Saskatchewan and is a research scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Research Organization-International Vaccine Centre.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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