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wherever (iou)



wherever adverb & conjunction. . ME.
[from WHERE adverb, conjunction + EVER adverb.]
I. interrog. adverb (Also as two words.)
Used with emphatic force in place of where in a question. Now colloq. ME.
R. Boldrewood Wherever did the cayenne come from?
II. rel. adverb & conjunction.
At, in, or to any or every place in or to which. ME.
G. Greene He would have liked to leave visible footprints wherever he walked. J. Mitchell They..could hunt wherever they liked.
III.
Introducing a qualifying dependent clause: in or to whatever place; no matter where. LME.
A. M. Fairbairn Wherever the laws of mechanics rule, necessity rules.
In any case or circumstances in which. E17.
O. Wilde Wherever you are..you will make a mark. A. Price Wherever Audley was, that would be the centre of things.
With loss of relative force: at, in, or to some similar place. Now usu. preceded by or. colloq. M17.
Bookseller A jet flies off to London, New York, Paris, or wherever.