different between where vs somewhere

English

Alternative forms

• quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English where, wher, whare, whar, hwere, hwer, hware, hwar, from Old English hw?r (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?o- (interrogative pronoun). Cognate with Scots whaur (“where”), Saterland Frisian wier (“where”), West Frisian wêr (“where”), Dutch waar (“where”), German Low German waar (“where”), German wo (“where”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvor (“where”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvar (“where”), Icelandic hvar (“where”); related to Old English hw? (“who”). More at who.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hwâr, wâr, IPA^(key): /???(?)/, /w??(?)/
• (General American) enPR: hwâr, wâr, IPA^(key): /????/, /w???/
• (in accents without the wine–whine merger)
• (in accents with the wine–whine merger)
• (in accents with the wine–whine merger)
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: ware, wear (in accents with the wine–whine merger)

Conjunction

where

1. While on the contrary; although; whereas.
   • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]

     Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:where.

2. At or in which place or situation.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:where.

3. To which place or situation.

   Synonym: (archaic or literary) whither

4. Wherever.

5. In a position, case, etc., in which, if.

Translations

Adverb

where (not comparable)

1. Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: at what place; to what place; what place.

   Where are you?

   Where are you going?

   He asked where I grew up.

   1. With the preposition from

   Where did you come from?

2. In what situation.

   Where would we be without our parents?

3. (relative) At which, on which.

   That is the place where we first met.

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Pronoun

where

1. The place in which.

   He lives within five miles of where he was born.

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Noun

where (plural wheres)

1. The place in which something happens.

   A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

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Derived terms

Anagrams

• Hewer, hewer, rehew

English

Etymology

some +? where

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?m.w??/, /?s?m.???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?m.w??/, /?s?m.w??/, /?s?m.???/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /?s?m.hwe??/
• Hyphenation: some?where

Adverb

somewhere (not comparable)

1. In an uncertain or unspecified location.

   I must have left my glasses somewhere.

   I've hidden candy somewhere in this room.

2. To an uncertain or unspecified location.

   He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation.

   I have to go somewhere at lunch. Can I meet you at 2?

Synonyms

• someplace (US)
• somewheres

Derived terms

• somewhere along the line
• somewhere over the rainbow

Related terms

• anywhere
• everywhere
• nowhere
• somebody, someone
• something

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Noun

somewhere (plural somewheres)

1. Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.

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