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WHEREVER
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Where in the world
Synonyms:
wheresoever; wherever
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Context examples:
When have you been prevented by want of money from going wherever you chose, or procuring anything you had a fancy for?
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Wherever they went, she was evidently always on the watch.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Wherever there are knocks going there is Sammy in the heart of it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Instead, fly directly to wherever you are going.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He rested wherever he fell, crawled on whenever the dying life in him flickered up and burned less dimly.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I think that we may safely say, returned Holmes, that she is wherever Sir George Burnwell is.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Wherever he may be in the Black Sea, the Count is hurrying to his destination. To his doom, I trust!
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Then she gave him a cloak, and said, “As soon as you put that on you will become invisible, and you will then be able to follow the princesses wherever they go.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The recommended name will be dehydrogenase, wherever this is possible; as an alternative, reductase can be used.
(Oxidoreductase, NCI Thesaurus)
The news was universally a surprize wherever it spread; and Mr. Weston had his five minutes share of it; but five minutes were enough to familiarise the idea to his quickness of mind.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
