Meaning

8 senses
  1. (interrogative, not comparable)In, at or to what place.

    Where are you?

    He asked where I grew up.

    wo, wo, wohin

    гдеgde, отку́даotkúda, гдеgde

    деde, зві́дкиzvídky, деde

  2. (not comparable)In what situation.

    Where would we be without our parents?

    wohin, wo

    куда́kudá, гдеgde

    куди́kudý

  3. (not comparable)In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).

    Stay where you are.

    Go back where you came from.

  4. (not comparable)In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.

    Please sit where you like.

    Their job is to go where they are called.

  5. (not comparable, relative)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.

  6. (not comparable)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.

    wo

    гдеgde

  7. (informal, not comparable)A situation or case in which.

    A function is where two variables are related.

  8. (not comparable)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.

Examples

18809 sentences
  1. I don't know where to go.

    Я не знаю, куди піти.

    ruЯ не знаю, куда идти.

    deIch weiß nicht, wo ich hingehen soll.

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  2. I asked him where he lived.

    Я запитав його, де він мешкає.

    ruЯ спросил его, где он живет.

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  3. Leave it where you found it.

    Лиши його там, де знайшов.

    ruОставь это там, где нашёл.

    deLass es dort, wo du es gefunden hast.

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  4. That is where you are wrong.

    Саме в цьому ти помиляєшся.

    ruВот где ты ошибаешься.

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  5. Start reading where you left off.

    Починай читати там, де ти зупинився.

    ruНачни читать с того места, где остановился.

    deFang dort an zu lesen, wo du aufgehört hast.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
at or in which place:
at what place; to what place; from what place:
to what place:
Русский
By meaning 1
at or in which place:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
at or in which place:
to what place:

Origin

From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from

From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).

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