where

 
Pronunciation: /wɛː/

interrogative adverb

  • in or to what place or position: where do you live? [with preposition]: where do you come from? I wonder where they will take us to
  • in what direction or respect: where does the argument lead?
  • in or from what source: where did you read that?
  • in or to what situation or condition: just where is all this leading us?

relative adverb

  • 1at, in, or to which (used after reference to a place or situation): I first saw him in Paris, where I lived in the early sixties
  • 2the place or situation in which: this is where I live
  • in or to a place or situation in which: sit where I can see you where people were concerned, his threshold of boredom was low
  • in or to any place in which; wherever: he was free to go where he liked

Origin:

Old English hwǣr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waar and German wo

Grammar

The main uses of where are: question word: Where shall we go? relative pronoun: It was not difficult to find the place where the prisoners were hiding. subordinating conjunction introducing a noun clause: Have you told them where I live? subordinating conjunction introducing an adverbial clause of place: Put it where it gets as much sun as possible.