# wherever
## English
### Alternative forms

* whereever (obsolete)

### Etymology

From where +‎ ever.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wɛəˈɹɛvə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)

### Adverb

wherever (not comparable)
* (interrogative) Where ever; an emphatic form of where.
    Wherever have you been all my life?
* (informal) In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses.
    I don't care what you do with it; just put it wherever.
    Where do you want to have lunch? — Wherever; I don't mind.
* (fused relative) The place (no matter where) in, at or to which.
    He's back from wherever he's been hiding.
    Go home to wherever you belong.

#### Usage notes

* Used emphatically, wherever may be two words (where ever) when used in questions, though the single word is more common, especially in US usage.

#### Synonyms

* everwhere (US, dialectal, Appalachia)

#### Translations
### Conjunction

wherever
* Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
    Wherever you go, I’ll find you.
** 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XVII, page 28:Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, ⁠Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.
* In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.
    You can sit wherever you like.
* In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.
    Add quotations wherever they are needed.
    I see mistakes wherever I look.
    Our charity has limited funds, but we help wherever we can.
** 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
* Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.
    She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.

#### Translations

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### See also

* (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
* (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
* (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
* (again): thereagain
* (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
* (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
* (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
* (around): therearound, wherearound
* (as): thereas, whereas
* (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
* (before): herebefore, therebefore
* (beside): therebeside
* (between): therebetween, wherebetween
* (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
* (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
* (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
* (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
* (hence): herehence, therehence
* (in): herein, therein, wherein
* (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
* (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
* (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
* (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
* (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
* (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
* (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
* (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
* (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
* (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
* (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
* (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
* (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal