where
Translation
where
Examples
Where are you going?
Where are you going?
This is the house where I grew up.
This is the house where I grew up.
I don't know where he is.
I don't know where he is.
Grammar Patterns
where + [auxiliary verb] + [subject] ...? in or to what place? Where is the bathroom?
[noun] + where + [clause] at or in which This is the park where we met.
Similar Words
Synonyms: in what place, at which point
Etymology
From Old English 'hwǣr', a word used to ask about location.
Memory Tips
One of the 'wh-' question words (who, what, when, where, why). Remember that 'where' asks for a location.