Whither
adverb
To what place or situation.
I will follow whichever you go.
Often appears as...
- whither thou goest
- whither we are tending
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
interrogative adverb
To ask where someone is going.
Whither are you going?
Often appears as...
- whither are you bound?
- whither dost thou wander?
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
adverb
To what place or situation.
I will follow whichever you go.
Often appears as...
- whither thou goest
- whither we are tending
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
interrogative adverb
To ask where someone is going.
Whither are you going?
Often appears as...
- whither are you bound?
- whither dost thou wander?
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used mainly in literature or historic texts, seldom in everyday conversation.
He pondered whither his fate would lead him next.
Pro Tip 2/3Poetic Tone
Gives a poetic, old-fashioned touch to language when used.
O'er hills and far away, whither shall I roam?
Pro Tip 3/3Destination Implied
Implies a destination or direction without stating it explicitly.
Into the forest deep she walked, whither none knew.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used mainly in literature or historic texts, seldom in everyday conversation.
He pondered whither his fate would lead him next.
Pro Tip 2/3Poetic Tone
Gives a poetic, old-fashioned touch to language when used.
O'er hills and far away, whither shall I roam?
Pro Tip 3/3Destination Implied
Implies a destination or direction without stating it explicitly.
Into the forest deep she walked, whither none knew.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used mainly in literature or historic texts, seldom in everyday conversation.
He pondered whither his fate would lead him next.
Pro Tip 2/3Poetic Tone
Gives a poetic, old-fashioned touch to language when used.
O'er hills and far away, whither shall I roam?
Pro Tip 3/3Destination Implied
Implies a destination or direction without stating it explicitly.
Into the forest deep she walked, whither none knew.
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How Fear and Anxiety...
threats persist for the long term so we can think of neurons in the brain as being a bit like trees with branches and those branches are called dendrites and the prefrontal cortex which is involved in reasoning and decision-making we actually see those branches begin to kind of whither and die back while it's
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How Fear and Anxiety...
threats persist for the long term so we can think of neurons in the brain as being a bit like trees with branches and those branches are called dendrites and the prefrontal cortex which is involved in reasoning and decision-making we actually see those branches begin to kind of whither and die back while it's
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Quote examples
Adam Ferguson
Scottish Philosopher
Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men.
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Kenneth Grahame
Scottish Novelist
The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither.
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Max Planck
German Scientist
Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it.
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Sun Yat-sen
Chinese Leader
At Kobe, whither I fled from Hong Kong, I took a step of great importance. I cut off my cue, which had been growing all my life.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
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Thornton Wilder
American Novelist
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
No man need go blindly to destruction, for God has given him guidance and power of seeing whither he goes.
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David Starr Jordan
American Writer
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going.
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Oliver Cromwell
English General
No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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Adam Ferguson
Scottish Philosopher
Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men.
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Kenneth Grahame
Scottish Novelist
The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither.
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Max Planck
German Scientist
Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it.
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Sun Yat-sen
Chinese Leader
At Kobe, whither I fled from Hong Kong, I took a step of great importance. I cut off my cue, which had been growing all my life.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
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Thornton Wilder
American Novelist
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
No man need go blindly to destruction, for God has given him guidance and power of seeing whither he goes.
Quote examples
David Starr Jordan
American Writer
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going.
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Oliver Cromwell
English General
No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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