Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In or to whatever place.
- adverb Where.
- conjunction In or to whichever place or situation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- At whatever place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb At or in whatever place; wheresoever.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb An emphatic form of
where . - conjunction In or to
whatever place ;anywhere . - conjunction In all places;
everywhere .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb where in the world
Etymologies
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Examples
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"We try to avoid the term wherever we can because it is a flash point," Johnson said.
Reuters: Top News 2009
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"We try to avoid the term wherever we can because it is a flash point," Johnson said.
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The DHS 'distorted view of terrorism, that eagerly applies the label wherever it is politically convenient, is very similar to the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
unbossed.com 2009
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"We try to avoid the term wherever we can because it is a flash point," Johnson said.
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To me one of the things that it's about is the phrase wherever you go there you are.
Brad Balfour: Emotionally Exposed Michelle Williams Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations Brad Balfour 2011
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To me one of the things that it's about is the phrase wherever you go there you are.
Brad Balfour: Emotionally Exposed Michelle Williams Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations Brad Balfour 2011
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How can children be allowed to watch/observe these horrifying images, yet watching adults sipping wine in a store or wherever is illegal?
Maine law: children not to observe wine tastings | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Though Hoke is anything but militant, he is a man of massive, unshakable dignity, and his insistence that he be treated as more than just "a back of the neck you look at while you goin 'wherever you want to go" causes Daisy to put aside her prejudices (whose existence she had never before acknowledged) and regard him not as a servant but as, eventually, a true friend.
A Perfect Night on Broadway Terry Teachout 2010
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To me one of the things that it's about is the phrase wherever you go there you are.
Brad Balfour: Emotionally Exposed Michelle Williams Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations Brad Balfour 2011
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To me one of the things that it's about is the phrase wherever you go there you are.
Brad Balfour: Emotionally Exposed Michelle Williams Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations Brad Balfour 2011
jtfmulder commented on the word wherever
wherever
March 1, 2008
zc0000 commented on the word wherever
MSBuild supports a specific set of conditions that can be applied wherever a Condition attribute is allowed.
March 6, 2010