wherein
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6.5
- adverb
- /ˈwɛrɪn/
- Formal
:
donde
- In a statement the following day, we at the State Department supported this finding and said we held the view that any general bombing of an extensive area wherein there resides a large populace engaged in peaceful pursuits is unwarranted and contrary to principles of law and humanity.
Put off the walls from around thy face for the moment wherein you breathe is holy.
- Put off the walls from around thy face for the moment wherein you breathe is holy.
- But then you move on to a space wherein you realize there is so much more to know.
- For war consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting, but an attractive time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
- But I realized once I had to deal with this physical realm wherein this was the challenge, being dead was easy.
- This test of my own sanity wherein is pieced together that which I hope may never be pieced together again.
Examples
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The Path of Economic Growth (1976), wherein he laid out and elaborated a theoretical framework that has come to be known as traverse analysis.
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MEJ provides a resource wherein much of the knowledge gained through a century of music teaching is assembled and available to anyone with a subscription.
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But then you move on to a space wherein you realize there is so much more to know.
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O lord, my god, Show me the way wherein to walk.
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Wherein have I done wrong?
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But I realized once I had to deal with this physical realm wherein this was the challenge, being dead was easy.
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Christian and I have formed this friendship wherein we do each other favors.
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There's a hotel directory site wherein you can find a wide list of pet-friendly hotels.
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I also started doing a once-a-month adjunct podcast called "Lost in the Stacks" wherein I talk about reading and books in general.
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There's a hotel directory site wherein you can find a wide list of pet-friendly hotels.
Synonyms
Introduces a clause that tells the place or situation of something
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wherein comes from two simple parts, where and in, meaning 'in which'. A helpful way to remember it is 'in where', and it is used to say that something happens inside a particular place, situation, or way.