where
Seeking a place
Where is mainly an adverb but it can be used as a conjunction to introduce a clause that identifies a place, and by extension, a situation, position, direction, or circumstances: Do you know where the library is? I can’t figure out where he’s going with this proposal. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
Where is sometimes used informally in sentences to introduce a standard subordinate “that” clause after a verb of perception: I heard where they’d decided not to move after all.
Position or location
venue · area · region · position · coordinates · setting · destination · geography
Request for information
- askSeek an answer
- wonderingFeeling curiosity about something
- uncertainNot firmly known
- lostUnable to navigate
seeking · searching · clarification · specify · pinpoint · locate · identify · determine
Directional course traveled
- boundSecured or destined
- routePath from A to B
- coursePlanned path forward
- pathwayDesignated route for travel
trajectory · bearing · navigation · wayward · signpost · crossroads · junction · toward
Not yet discovered
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- hiddenKept out of sight
- undisclosedNot made known
uncertain · elusive · untraced · disappeared · lost · secretive · concealed
Provision in agreement
- wherebyThrough which means
- whereuponAfter which something happened
- circumstanceCondition affecting an event
- situationState of affairs
context · case · instance · provision · stipulation · contingency
place
Position or location
locale · venue · area · region · position · coordinates · setting · destination · locale · geography
question
Request for information
lost · seeking · searching · clarification · specify · pinpoint · locate · identify · determine · discover
heading
Directional course traveled
pathway · trajectory · bearing · navigation · wayward · signpost · crossroads · junction · toward · hence
between
In the middle of
below · near · far · adjacent · within · around · through · among · beside · beyond
unknown
Not yet discovered
undisclosed · uncertain · elusive · untraced · disappeared · lost · secretive · concealed
clause
Provision in agreement
- wherebyThrough which means
- whereuponAfter which something happened
- circumstanceCondition affecting an event
situation · context · case · instance · provision · stipulation · contingency
- where are youRequest for someone's location
- where are you fromInquiry about geographic origin
- where have you beenInquiry about recent location
- where are weInquiry about current location
- where do you liveQuery about someone's residence
- where are we goingRequest for travel direction
elsewhere, everywhere, nowhere, anywhere, whenever, wherever, somewhere, whereas, whereabouts