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Dictionary: whith·er   (hwĭTH'ər, wĭTH'-) pronunciation
adv.
To what place, result, or condition: Whither are we wandering?

conj.
  1. To which specified place or position: landed on the shores whither the storm had tossed them.
  2. To whatever place, result, or condition: "Whither thou goest, I will go" (Ruth 1:16).

[Middle English, from Old English hwider.]


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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: to what place


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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - hvorhen end, hvorhen
conj. - uanset hvad, uanset hvorhen

Nederlands (Dutch)
waarheen, waartoe, verdorren

Français (French)
adv. - à quel endroit ? (arch, littér), dans quel but ? (arch, littér)
conj. - quel que soit le but pour, quel que soit l'endroit à

Deutsch (German)
adv. - wohin
conj. - wohin

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv., -
conj. - (κατά) πού;

Italiano (Italian)
dove

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

Русский (Russian)
куда

Español (Spanish)
adv. - adónde
conj. - para lo que sea, adonde sea, adonde, adónde

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - varthän
conj. - hursomhelst, vartsomhelst

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
到哪里, 什么目的, 无论到那里, 无论出于什么目的, 不管到什么情况

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 到哪裡, 什麼目的
conj. - 無論到那裡, 無論出於什麼目的, 不管到什麼情況

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 어디로, (~하는) 그곳에, 어디로든지 ~하는 곳으로
conj. - 어쨌든, 어느 곳이든

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - どこへ, いずこに行くのか, そこへ
n. - 行先, 目的地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) أين, إلى أين, حيث, إلى حيث (حرف عطف) حيثما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮לאן?, להיכן?, לאיזה מקום או מצב?‬
conj. - ‮לאן, למקום ש-, שמה‬


 
 
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