whither
pronunciation
How to pronounce whither in British English:
UK [ˈwɪðə(r)]
How to pronounce whither in American English:
US [ˈhwɪðɚ, ˈwɪð-]
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- Adverb:
- to what place
Word Origin
- whither (adv., conj.)
- Old English hwider, from Proto-Germanic *hwithre-, from *hwi- "who" (see who) + ending as in hither and thither. Compare Gothic hvadre.
Example
- 1. We know neither our whence nor our whither .
- 2. Whither should l ride but to the court ?
- 3. He that walks in darkness knows not whither he goes .
- 4. Whither china : from membership to responsibility ?
- 5. And if a man lie not in wait , but god deliver into his hand ; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee .