wherever

(hwâr-ĕv'ər, wâr-)
adv.

1. In or to whatever place: used red pencil wherever needed.
2. Where: Wherever have you been so long? See Usage Note at whatever.

conj.
In or to whichever place or situation: He seems to make enemies wherever he goes.

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Wherever is written as one word when it is a conjunction

(One knows the type... They're complete poison, wherever they go—R. Barnard, 1977)

or a quasi-adverb used informally

(The traffic wardens will effectively end up lying in wait for people outside schools or wherever—Bolton Evening News, 2003).

Where ever is written as two words when ever is used as an intensifying word, usually in direct questions: Where ever have they gone?. See ever ¹.

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IN BRIEF: In or at or to what place.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness. — Seneca (4 BC-65 AD).

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For a list of words related to wherever, see:

• Conjunctions
• Approximations and Generalizations
• Absolutes and Guarantees
• Dimensions and Directions - wherever: (conj) toward or in any place at all

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See words rhyming with "wherever."

Common misspelling(s) of wherever

• whereever

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - hvor end, hvorhen end, overalt, hvor, hvor som helst
conj. - hvor end, hvorhen end, hvor som helst

Nederlands (Dutch)
waar dan ook

Français (French)
adv. - où est-ce que ?, où qu'il/qu'elle, là où, n'importe où ailleurs, dès que, quand
conj. - à n'importe quel endroit

Deutsch (German)
conj. - wo(hin) auch immer, überall, wo
adv. - wo(hin) auch immer

Ελληνική (Greek)
pron. - οπουδήποτε (κι αν)
conj. - παντού όπου, οπουδήποτε (κι αν), απ' οπουδήποτε
adv. - που;

Italiano (Italian)
da dove

Português (Portuguese)
pron. - onde? (interrog.)
conj. - onde
adv. - onde

Русский (Russian)
где, куда, где бы то ни было, куда бы ни, при любых обстоятельствах

Español (Spanish)
adv. - dónde
conj. - dondequiera, en cualquier parte que sea

Svenska (Swedish)
pron. - varhelst
conj. - varthelst
adv. - varhelst, varthelst, överallt där

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无论那里, 无论什么情况下, 无论在哪里, 无论到哪里

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 無論那裡, 無論什麼情況下
conj. - 無論在哪裡, 無論到哪裡, 無論什麼情況下

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 대체 어디에
conj. - 어디로든, 어디에서든

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 一体どこに
conj. - …する所はどこでも, どこへ…しても

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ضمير) أين (حرف عطف) حيثما, من أين, أينما (ظرف) كلما, في أي مكان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮לכל מקום ש-, בכל מקום ש-, היכן ש-‬
conj. - ‮לכל מקום ש-, בכל מקום ש-, במקום כלשהו‬

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