noun
definition
The place in which something happens.
example
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
adverb
definition
Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: at what place; to what place; what place.
example
He asked where I grew up.
definition
In what situation.
example
Where would we be without our parents?
definition
(relative) At which, on which.
example
That is the place where we first met.
pronoun
definition
The place in which.
example
He lives within five miles of where he was born.
conjunction
definition
While on the contrary; although; whereas.
example
Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.
definition
At or in which place or situation.
example
He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.
definition
To which place or situation.
example
The snowbirds travel where it is warm.
definition
Wherever.
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Their job is to go where they are called.
definition
In a position, case, etc., in which.
example
Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.
Examples of where in a Sentence
Was that where his father got all that money?
I'll show you where you can sleep.
Where did you plan to sleep tonight?
Where were they, anyway?
I also have an offer to work at the law office where I worked last summer.
That's where my part came from.
Where do you carry your gold?
Where are you going?
He took the children far away to a green valley where his flocks were feeding.
That device can track where you are at any time.
Well, now we know where we are.
You know where the fountain is?
Where does all the rain water go?
Where is this house?
Where do you want to go?
Where another can go, she can go.
He had no paper, but he knew where there was a smooth board.
One day a traveler was walking through a part of Italy where a great many sheep were pasturing.
Eventually we reach the point where the technology does everything we need it to do.
Where are we going?
Where is your car?
Another favourite haunt of mine was the orchard, where the fruit ripened early in July.
They finally reached the creek, where Giddon stopped long enough to scoop her into his arms.
Where everyone can live up to his or her maximum potential.
So he went to the other hotel, where he found the vice president sitting with some friends in the parlor.
Where's the pretty girl?
Where are the others?
Where'd you find that?
You can see where this is headed.
It is life near the bone where it is sweetest.
This is where I visited.
It is the same as if all these traps were buckled to a man's belt, and he could not move over the rough country where our lines are cast without dragging them--dragging his trap.
So it was decided that the boy should go to some school where he might be prepared for college.
But would they know where to look?
Where had they been?
Who cares where they're from?
At one end of the room there was a big fireplace, where the mother did the cooking.
Where would I get the money to pay him?
Where can I find you, my next little friend?
Where are you even working?
Frequently he would leave his dinner in the bushes, when his dog had caught a woodchuck by the way, and go back a mile and a half to dress it and leave it in the cellar of the house where he boarded, after deliberating first for half an hour whether he could not sink it in the pond safely till nightfall--loving to dwell long upon these themes.
I formerly saw the raccoon in the woods behind where my house is built, and probably still heard their whinnering at night.
The bar's atmosphere is modern and mystic-like where it seems like anything is possible.
He snatched Jake as a knife sliced through the air where the newbie appeared.
Damian didn't care; Sofia liked Pierre, and he had a feeling Pierre's blunt dose of reality was soothing to her in a world where nothing else made sense.
He took Damian outside to the rock where he and kiri had watched the stars once long ago and set him down.
They ran to the next nearest group of rocks, where a handful of four-by-fours waited.
He showed her a picture of where he'd taken Damian.
Pierre led them to the empty, well-lit helicopter hangar, where several men crowded around a still body on the hangar floor.
She was reminded of a scene from a movie, where an army mobilized for war.