where
In, at or to what placeIn, at or to what place.
Meaning
8 senses(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
(not comparable)In what situation.
Where would we be without our parents?
wohin, wo
куда́kudá, гдеgde
куди́kudý
(not comparable)In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
Stay where you are.
Go back where you came from.
(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.
(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.
(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
(informal, not comparable)A situation or case in which.
A function is where two variables are related.
(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 sentencesI don't know where to go.
Я не знаю, куди піти. — deniko
ruЯ не знаю, куда идти. — afyodor
deIch weiß nicht, wo ich hingehen soll. — Manfredo
I asked him where he lived.
Я запитав його, де він мешкає. — deniko
ruЯ спросил его, где он живет. — afyodor
Leave it where you found it.
Лиши його там, де знайшов. — aandrusiak
ruОставь это там, где нашёл. — elsteris
deLass es dort, wo du es gefunden hast. — Ullalia
That is where you are wrong.
Саме в цьому ти помиляєшся. — shanghainese
ruВот где ты ошибаешься. — Hellerick
Start reading where you left off.
Починай читати там, де ти зупинився. — ChickenKiev
ruНачни читать с того места, где остановился. — marafon
deFang dort an zu lesen, wo du aufgehört hast. — flitz
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), fromFrom 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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