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where

where

1.0
Introduces a clause that tells the place or situation of something
  • subordinating conjunction
  • /wɛr/
translation icon : donde
  • But of course there are days where I struggle with it.

This is like a polar form where it's one term.

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Examples

  • But there are moments where I just don't like them.

  • We live in a world where people don't trade.

  • And this is a scene where many things happen.

  • Don't go fishing where there are no fish.

  • So parting thoughts on where this race stands right now.

  • And I think that that's where they start to unlock.

  • I know a place where we can be free.

  • This is a scene where many things happen.

  • We live in a world where people don't trade.

Synonyms

wherein
vswhere
  • Formal
4 6.5

In which something happens or is true in a situation

is the common neutral form for introducing place or situation information

Idioms

to put one's money where one's mouth is
  • Informal
8 6.5

To support your words by giving money or doing work

to let the chips fall where they may
  • Informal
6 7.8

To accept what happens and not try to change the result

to put your money where your mouth is
  • Informal
3 6.0

Show support by giving money or doing something to help

to boldly go where no one has gone before
  • Informal
3 8.9

To try something new in a place or way no one has done before

where it counts
3 5.5

In the parts that matter most

to know where the bodies are buried
  • Informal
3 9.9

To have secret information about hidden bad things in a group

where the bodies are buried
  • Informal
3 9.9

To know secret unpleasant details about a group or company

where the rubber meets the road
1 7.0

The moment when plans or ideas are tested in real life

don't shit where you eat
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Avoid mixing your personal life with your work life because it causes problems

to know where it's been
  • Informal
1 8.2

To understand if something is clean and where it has been

to shit where you eat
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To cause trouble by acting badly where you work or live

where to get off
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Angrily tell someone to mind their own business

where one's interests lie
1 6.2

The things or activities that matter most to someone

where we came in
1 9.2

The point when a situation returns to its starting point

every which where
  • Informal
9.6

In every possible place

to hunt where the ducks are
  • Informal
6.8

To look for chances where you are most likely to succeed

to tell someone where to shove it
  • Offensive
9.9

Rudely say to someone that you want them to go away

where there's smoke, there's fire
  • Informal
7.3

If there are signs of a problem, it is probably true

where to shove it
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude phrase telling someone you refuse their request and they should go away

where it's been
  • Informal
9.8

You do not know if something was in dirty places before you got it

where the dickens
  • Archaic
9.9

To ask in surprise where someone or something is

Surface Forms

where main

Etymology

Where comes from an old English word hwær and the question family wh-, meaning 'which place'. So, where can introduce a clause that tells 'in which place' or situation something happens.