Where

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Place; situation. [Obs. or Colloq.] Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. Spenser.

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

1. At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively. God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou Gen. iii. 9.

2. At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; -- used relatively. She visited that place where first she was so happy. Sir P. Sidney. Where I thought the remnant of mine age Should have been cherished by her childlike duty. Shak. Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. Shak. But where he rode one mile, the dwarf ran four. Sir W. Scott.

3. To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going But where does this tend Goldsmith. Lodged in sunny cleft, Where the gold breezes come not. Bryant.

Synonyms: See Whither.

Part of speech: conjunction (conj.)

Whereas. And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath. Shak.