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wherever

  • /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ US
  • /wɛəˈɹɛvə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛvə(ɹ)

adverb whereever

  1. interrogative, not comparable Where ever; an emphatic form of where. Wherever have you been all my life?
  2. informal, not comparable In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses. I don't care what you do with it; just put it wherever.
  3. not comparable The place (no matter where) in, at or to which. He's back from wherever he's been hiding.

Similar: everwhere

conjunction whereever

  1. Regardless of the place in, at or to which. Wherever you go, I’ll find you.
  2. In, at or to any place (that); anywhere. You can sit wherever you like.
  3. In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere. Add quotations wherever they are needed.
  4. Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located. She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: anyplace, anywhere, whenever, elsewhere, everywhere, where, everytime, when, once, always, throughout, irrespective, regardless, which, where'er, wheresoever

adverb

Similar: everwhere

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adv emphatic form of "where"

Françaisoù donc
Deutschwo immer
Русскийгде́ же gdé že, куда́ же kudá že

conj in any place, anywhere

Españoldondequiera, donde sea, adondequiera (whitherever)
日本語どこでも dokodemo
中文無論何處 /无论何处 wúlùnhéchù
Portuguêsonde quer que
Françaisoù, là où, quelque part que, où que
Deutschwo auch immer, wo immer
Italianodovunque
Ελληνικάοπουδήποτε opoudípote
Русскийгде́ бы ни gdé by ni, где́ бы ни́ бы́ло, где уго́дно gde ugódno, куда́ бы ни kudá by ni, куда́ бы ни́ бы́ло, куда́ уго́дно kudá ugódno
العربيةأَيْنَ ʔayna, أَيْنَمَا ʔaynamā, حَيْثُمَا ḥayṯumā

conj in all places, everywhere

日本語どこでも dokodemo
Portuguêsonde quer que
Françaispartout où
Italianoovunque followed by the subjunctive, dappertutto
Ελληνικάοπουδήποτε opoudípote
Русскийвезде́ vezdé, повсю́ду povsjúdu

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@misc{wherever_2026,
  title = {wherever},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wherever},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}