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whith·er
(wĭth′ər, hwĭth′-) Archaicadv.
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).
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whither
(ˈwɪðə)adv
1. to what place?
2. to what end or purpose?
conj
to whatever place, purpose, etc
[Old English hwider, hwæder; related to Gothic hvadrē; modern English form influenced by hither]
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whith•er
(ˈʰwɪð ər, ˈwɪð-)adv.
1. to what place; where.
2. to what end, point, or action; to what.
conj. 3. to which place.
4. to whatever place.
[before 900; Middle English, variant of Middle English, Old English hwider, alter. of hwæder (c. Gothic hwadre), modeled on hider hither]
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Translations
إلى أيْن ؟
hvorhen
hvert
kurp
whither
[ˈwɪðəʳ] ADV (poet) → ¿adónde?Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
whither
adv
(old) → wohin
(journalese) whither America/socialism? → Amerika/Sozialismus, wohin? or was nun?
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
whither
[ˈwɪðəʳ] adv (liter) → doveCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
whither
(ˈwiðə) relative pronoun, adverb to which place(?).
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