Where
adverb
In or to what place.
Where are you going?
Often appears as...
- where are you
- where is she
adverb
In the place in which.
I lived where the climate was mild
Often appears as...
- where i live
- where he was
conjunction
In the situation or position that.
Put the cups where they belong
Often appears as...
- where they belong
- where you left
pronoun
What place.
Where is your destination?
Often appears as...
- the where and when
- where is the bathroom
adverb
From what place or source.
Where did you get that idea?
Often appears as...
- where did you
- where did it
adverb
To or in what place or position.
Where do you want to go?
Often appears as...
- where do you want
- go where you want
adverb
In or to what place.
Where are you going?
Often appears as...
- where are you
- where is she
adverb
In the place in which.
I lived where the climate was mild
Often appears as...
- where i live
- where he was
conjunction
In the situation or position that.
Put the cups where they belong
Often appears as...
- where they belong
- where you left
pronoun
What place.
Where is your destination?
Often appears as...
- the where and when
- where is the bathroom
adverb
From what place or source.
Where did you get that idea?
Often appears as...
- where did you
- where did it
adverb
To or in what place or position.
Where do you want to go?
Often appears as...
- where do you want
- go where you want
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Question Phrases
Use 'where' to initiate questions about location, often at the beginning of the sentence.
Where can I find a bank?
Pro Tip 2/2Seeking Directions
'Where' is commonly used when asking for or giving directions.
Could you tell me where the post office is?
Pro Tip 1/2Question Phrases
Use 'where' to initiate questions about location, often at the beginning of the sentence.
Where can I find a bank?
Pro Tip 2/2Seeking Directions
'Where' is commonly used when asking for or giving directions.
Could you tell me where the post office is?
Pro Tip 1/2Question Phrases
Use 'where' to initiate questions about location, often at the beginning of the sentence.
Where can I find a bank?
Pro Tip 2/2Seeking Directions
'Where' is commonly used when asking for or giving directions.
Could you tell me where the post office is?
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The Infinite Hotel...
where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager
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Your body language may...
is, can power posing for a few minutes really change your life in meaningful ways? This is in the lab, it's this little task, it's just a couple of minutes. Where can you actually apply this? Which we cared about, of course. And so we think where you want to use this is evaluative situations,
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Bill Gates: The next...
We've got cell phones to get information from the public and get information out to them. We have satellite maps where we can see where people are and where they're moving. We have advances in biology that should dramatically change the turnaround time to look at a pathogen
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The psychology of...
they can become resentful and aggressive. It's like a disease where the sufferers feel pretty good, but the people around them suffer. Taken to the extreme, this behavior is classified as a psychological disorder called narcissistic personality disorder.
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Rethinking infidelity...
which isn't surprising when you consider that there are still nine countries where women can be killed for straying. Now, monogamy used to be one person for life. Today, monogamy is one person at a time.
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Just How BIG are...
they're impossibly ungainly and out of place. But for these female elephant seals there's still one part of their life where they're totally bound to the land. They come here to give birth. All right.
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How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
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Antlion Cone Death Trap...
The ants' long legs raise their bodies above the surface, where it's ten degrees cooler. But if they stand still, they will fry. They must keep moving or risk the same fate as their quarry,
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Where foreign laws and...
we live in a world where crime is increasingly transnational in this
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A Perfect Planet:...
and where there are currents there is life
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The Infinite Hotel...
where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager
Video examples
Your body language may...
is, can power posing for a few minutes really change your life in meaningful ways? This is in the lab, it's this little task, it's just a couple of minutes. Where can you actually apply this? Which we cared about, of course. And so we think where you want to use this is evaluative situations,
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
We've got cell phones to get information from the public and get information out to them. We have satellite maps where we can see where people are and where they're moving. We have advances in biology that should dramatically change the turnaround time to look at a pathogen
Video examples
The psychology of...
they can become resentful and aggressive. It's like a disease where the sufferers feel pretty good, but the people around them suffer. Taken to the extreme, this behavior is classified as a psychological disorder called narcissistic personality disorder.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
which isn't surprising when you consider that there are still nine countries where women can be killed for straying. Now, monogamy used to be one person for life. Today, monogamy is one person at a time.
Video examples
Just How BIG are...
they're impossibly ungainly and out of place. But for these female elephant seals there's still one part of their life where they're totally bound to the land. They come here to give birth. All right.
Video examples
How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
Video examples
Antlion Cone Death Trap...
The ants' long legs raise their bodies above the surface, where it's ten degrees cooler. But if they stand still, they will fry. They must keep moving or risk the same fate as their quarry,
Video examples
Where foreign laws and...
we live in a world where crime is increasingly transnational in this
Video examples
A Perfect Planet:...
and where there are currents there is life
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
You may never get to that perfect world that you're waiting for where everything's going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
You know, there's nobody where I've said, 'Man, I really want that guy's career.' I mean, each of us has to make our own go of it.
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Rihanna
American Musician
Music helps me tell my story. That's where I can really be heard. But there's so much focus on the things that aren't music.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.
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Bad Bunny
Puerto Rican Singer
I think it's important as an artist to never forget where you're from.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American Baseball Player
I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Where there is love there is life.
Quote examples
Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
You may never get to that perfect world that you're waiting for where everything's going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off.
Quote examples
Paul Walker
American Actor
I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.
Quote examples
Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
You know, there's nobody where I've said, 'Man, I really want that guy's career.' I mean, each of us has to make our own go of it.
Quote examples
Rihanna
American Musician
Music helps me tell my story. That's where I can really be heard. But there's so much focus on the things that aren't music.
Quote examples
Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
Quote examples
William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.
Quote examples
Bad Bunny
Puerto Rican Singer
I think it's important as an artist to never forget where you're from.
Quote examples
Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American Baseball Player
I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Where there is love there is life.
Example 1 of 10
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