wherever
Part of speech: adv
conj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From where + ever.
Compound parts: where
ever
Inflected forms:
form: whereever
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: whereever
pos: conj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Where ever; an emphatic form of where.
pos: adv
tags: interrogative
not-comparable
examples: Wherever have you been all my life?
gloss: In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses.
pos: adv
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: 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.
gloss: The place (no matter where) in, at or to which.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: He's back from wherever he's been hiding.
Go home to wherever you belong.
gloss: Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
pos: conj
examples: Wherever you go, I’ll find you.
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.
gloss: In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.
pos: conj
examples: You can sit wherever you like.
I'd follow you wherever you went.
gloss: In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.
pos: conj
examples: Add quotations wherever they are needed.
I see mistakes wherever I look.
Our charity has limited funds, but we help wherever we can.
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.
gloss: Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.
pos: conj
examples: She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.
Synonyms: everwhere
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1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
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