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whereto

whereto

9.9
To which place someone or something goes in a sentence
  • subordinating conjunction
  • /ˈwɛə.tuː/
  • Archaic
translation icon : adonde
  • The students wondered whereto their journey would take them next during the school trip.

Examples

  • Then trip him that his heels may kick at heaven and that his soul may be as damned and black as hell whereto it goes.

    Hamlet (1948)

  • Whereto the climber-upward turns his face, but when he once attains the up most round.

    Me and Orson Welles (2008)

  • As to be bold not to enter into a marriage... ...of her own clime, complexion and degree... ...whereto we see in all things nature tends...

    Othello (1995)

  • When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage... or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed... then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven... and that his soul may be as damned and black as hell, whereto it goes.

    Hamlet (1990)

  • So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

    Blog text (17)

  • "Seek," saith Scripture, "and ye shall find," whereto your proper progger doth append, "Amen—long as ye seek nothing in particular."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • She kept asking whereto they were headed after the mysterious invitation arrived.

  • The explorers made careful plans whereto they would direct their efforts in the uncharted territory.

Synonyms

whither
vswhereto
  • Archaic
8 9.9

To where something goes

focuses on a fixed destination or situation rather than movement
whereunto
vswhereto
  • Archaic
9.9

To which place, thing, or situation something goes

is limited to places or situations rather than to things
where
vswhereto
1.0

Introduces a clause that tells the place or situation of something

indicates movement toward a destination rather than the location of an action

Surface Forms

whereto main

Morphology

whereto = where (transparent) = to + where

As a relative adverb meaning 'in or to which', the combination of 'where' and 'to' directly yields the subordinate-clause sense and is transparent to learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'to' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Whereto works like a signpost made from where ('what place') and to ('in or to which') that points to the place or situation just mentioned. So whereto is used to mean 'in or to which' when introducing the following part of a sentence.