where are you

Lost friend's query

Where are you is a question asking someone's location, often used when trying to find or meet someone: Where are you? I've been waiting for twenty minutes.

It can also express surprise at someone's absence or ask about progress: Where are you in the book?

In texting, often abbreviated as wru.

Related

GPS · identity · mental state · dialogue · clarification · safe and sound · lost and found · proximity · right here · landmark · self-awareness · destination · road trip · communication · map · interaction · fulfillment · response

Opposites
question type

where are youwho are you

Request for identification

how are you · what are you doing · hello · hi · greetings

speech act function

where are youI am here

Declaration of attendance

you are here · there you are

locational reference

where are youI'm here

Announcement of arrival

Family

where, wherever, elsewhere, somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, whereabouts, whereby, wherein

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G