Definitions
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adverb
Used to ask in or to what place.
Examples
- Where are you?
- He asked where I grew up.
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adverb
Used to ask about a situation.
Examples
- Where would we be without our parents?
- Where does that leave us now?
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adverb
In or to the place that.
Examples
- Stay where you are.
- Go back where you came from.
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adverb
In or to any place that you choose.
Examples
- Please sit where you like.
- Their job is to go where they are called.
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adverb
Used to say which place you mean.
Examples
- This is the place where we first met.
- He is looking for a house where he can have an office.
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adverb
The place in which something is or happens.
Examples
- He lives within five miles of where he was born.
- This is a photo of where I went on holiday.
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adverb
A situation or case in which something is true.
Examples
- A function is where two variables are related.
- That's a case where the rules simply don't apply.
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adverb
In a situation in which something happens.
Examples
- You cannot be too careful where fire is involved.
- Where there is a problem, we try to fix it.
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conjunction
Used to show a contrast, like whereas.
Examples
- Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has mastered shading.
- Where some prefer coffee, others love tea.
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conjunction
Used in informal speech to mean that.
Examples
- I read where they caught the guy.
- I heard where the concert got canceled.