English Online Dictionary. What means wherever? What does wherever mean?
English
Alternative forms
- whereever (obsolete)
Etymology
From where + ever.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɛəˈɹɛvə/
- Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)
Adverb
wherever (not comparable)
- (interrogative) Where ever; an emphatic form of where.
- (informal) In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses.
- (fused relative) The place (no matter where) in, at or to which.
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.
- In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.
- In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.
- Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.
- She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.
Translations
See also
- thereabout, thereafter, thereagainst, thereat, thereby, therefor, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinafter, thereof, thereon, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal
- hereabout, hereafter, hereat, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereunder, hereupon, herewith
- whereabouts, whereas, whereafter, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal