where
/ˈwɛɚ/ adverb A1- In, at or to what place. · Where are you?· He asked where I grew up.
- In what situation. · Where would we be without our parents?
- In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that). · Stay where you are.· Go back where you came from.
- In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere. · Please sit where you like.· Their job is to go where they are called.
- In, at or to which. · This is the place where we first met.· He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.
- The place in, at or to which. · He lives within five miles of where he was born.· This is a photo of where I went on holiday.
- A situation or case in which. · A function is where two variables are related.
- In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which. · You cannot be too careful where explosives are involved.· Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.
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de Saint-Méran; “and where is it decided to transfer him?”
“For heaven’s sake, where is that?” asked the marquise.
As Villefort observes, it is a great act of folly to have left such a man between Corsica, where he was born, and Naples, of which his brother-in-law is king, and face to face with Italy, the sovereignty of which he coveted for his son.”
The Ass, seeing him drawing a dungcart, thus derided him: “Where, O boaster, are now all thy gay trappings, thou who are thyself reduced to the condition you so lately treated with contempt?”
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