wherever

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
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/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ · /wɛəˈɹɛvə/

Definition of wherever

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (interrogative, not-comparable)Where ever; an emphatic form of where.
    “Wherever have you been all my life?”
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adv

  1. (interrogative, not-comparable)Where ever; an emphatic form of where.
    “Wherever have you been all my life?”
  2. (informal, not-comparable)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.”
  3. (not-comparable)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.”

conj

  1. Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
    “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.”
  2. In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.
    “You can sit wherever you like.”
    “I'd follow you wherever you went.”
  3. 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.”
    “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.”
  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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Etymology

From where + ever.

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