/ weə(r); NAmE wer/ adverb , conjunction
■ adverb
1.
in or to what place or situation :
Where do you live?
I wonder where they will take us to.
Where (= at what point) did I go wrong in my calculations?
Where (= in what book, newspaper, etc.) did you read that?
Just where (= to what situation or final argument) is all this leading us?
2.
used after words or phrases that refer to a place or situation to mean 'at, in or to which' :
It's one of the few countries where people drive on the left.
3.
the place or situation in which :
We then moved to Paris, where we lived for six years.
■ conjunction
(in) the place or situation in which :
This is where I live.
Sit where I can see you.
Where people were concerned, his threshold of boredom was low.
That's where (= the point in the argument at which) you're wrong.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English hwǣr , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waar and German wo .