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wherever

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adv/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ//wɛəˈɹɛvə/
  1. 1

    Where ever; an emphatic form of where.interrogativenot-comparable

    • Wherever have you been all my life?
  2. 2

    In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses.informalnot-comparable

    • 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.
  3. 3

    The place (no matter where) in, at or to which.not-comparable

    • He's back from wherever he's been hiding.
    • Go home to wherever you belong.

syn. everwhere

conj/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ//wɛəˈɹɛvə/
  1. 1

    Regardless of the place in, at or to which.

    • Wherever you go, I’ll find you.
  2. 2

    In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.

    • You can sit wherever you like.
    • I'd follow you wherever you went.
  3. 3

    In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.

    • Add quotations wherever they are needed.
    • I see mistakes wherever I look.
  4. 4

    Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.

    • She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.

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