where -
adv., conj., pron., & n. --interrog.adv.
1 in or to what place or position? (
where is the milk?;
where are you going?).
2 in what direction or respect? (
where does the argument lead?;
where does it concern us?).
3 in what book etc.?; from whom? (
where did you read that?;
where did you hear that?).
4 in what situation or condition? (
where does that
leave us?). --rel.adv. (prec. by place etc.) in or to which (places
where they meet).
--conj. 1 in or to the or any place, direction, or respect in which (go where you like; that is where you are wrong; delete where applicable).
2 and there (reached Crewe, where the car broke down). --pron. what place? (where do you come from?; where are you going to?).
--n. place; scene of something (see WHEN n.). [OE hwór, hwar]
