wherever

wherever
wher|ev|er
S2 [weərˈevə US werˈevər] adv
1.) to or at any place, position, or situation
▪ Children will play wherever they happen to be.
▪ Sit wherever you like.
... or wherever
(=used to emphasize that you are talking about any place and not a specific place)
▪ Dublin people dress more individually than people in London or wherever.
2.) in all places that
▪ She is shadowed by detectives wherever she goes.
▪ I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible (=at all times when it is possible) .
3.) used at the beginning of a question to show surprise
▪ 'Wherever did she find that?' Daisy wondered.
4.) wherever that is/may be
used to say that you do not know where a place or town is or have never heard of it
▪ She wants to move to Far Flatley, wherever that is.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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