"whereto" meaning in English

See whereto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where + to. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wherto}} Middle English wherto, {{compound|en|where|to}} where + to Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} whereto (not comparable)
  1. (archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither? Tags: archaic, interrogative, not-comparable Related terms (from): herefrom Related terms (hence): herehence Translations (to what place; whither): ποῖ (poî) (Ancient Greek), накъдето (nakǎdeto) (Bulgarian), mihin (Finnish), minne (Finnish), wohin (German), hova (Hungarian), adube (Ido), quō (Latin), ki hea (Maori), aonde (Portuguese), adónde (Spanish), vart (Swedish), vartill (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whereto-en-adv-hAeXkJ5D Disambiguation of 'from': 88 12 0 Disambiguation of 'hence': 56 44 0 Disambiguation of 'to what place; whither': 77 23 0
  2. (obsolete, interrogative) To what end; wherefore? Tags: interrogative, not-comparable, obsolete Related terms (abouts): hereabouts Related terms (after): hereafter Related terms (again): thereagain Related terms (before): herebefore Related terms (beside): therebeside Related terms (fore): herefore Related terms (in after): hereinafter Related terms (in before): hereinbefore Related terms (tofore): heretofore Related terms (withal): herewithal
    Sense id: en-whereto-en-adv-mtVqeiDM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 98 0 Disambiguation of Middle English links with manual fragments: 23 77 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 10 90 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 95 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 93 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 97 0 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 95 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 97 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 4 96 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 97 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 5 95 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 95 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 96 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 96 0 Disambiguation of 'abouts': 13 87 0 Disambiguation of 'after': 15 85 0 Disambiguation of 'again': 13 87 0 Disambiguation of 'before': 15 85 0 Disambiguation of 'beside': 13 87 0 Disambiguation of 'fore': 16 84 0 Disambiguation of 'in after': 14 86 0 Disambiguation of 'in before': 2 98 0 Disambiguation of 'tofore': 13 87 0 Disambiguation of 'withal': 16 84 0
  3. (archaic, relative) To which. Tags: archaic, not-comparable, relative
    Sense id: en-whereto-en-adv-PxUTENvM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whereunto, whither
Related terms: thereabout, whereabout, thereabouts, whereabouts, thereafter, whereafter, thereagainst, whereagainst, thereamong, whereamong, thereamongst, whereamongst, hereanent (alt: anent), thereanent, whereanent, wherearound, whereas, thereat, whereat, therebefore, wherebetween, thereby, whereby, therefore, wherefore, therefor, wherefor, therefrom, wherefrom, therehence, thereinafter, whereinafter, thereinbefore, whereinbefore, therein, wherein, whereinsoever (alt: in soever), thereinto, whereinto, thereof, whereof, thereon, whereon, thereout, whereout, wheresomever (alt: somever), theretofore, wheretofore, thereto, thereunder, whereunder, thereunto, whereunto, thereupon, whereupon, therewithal, wherewithal, therewith, wherewith, , henceafter, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hencefrom, hereabout, hereabouts, hereafter, hereagainst, hereamong, hereamongst, hereanent, hereat, hereby, herefor, herefore, hereforth, hereforward, hereforwards, herefrom, herehence, hereinabove, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinbelow, hereinelsewhere, hereinsoever, hereinto, hereinunder, heremid, hereof, hereon, hereout, hereover, herethrough, herethroughout, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereupon, herewith, herewithal, herewithin, hitherto, hitherunto, hitherward, hitherwards, howbeit, however, howso, howsoever, howsomedever, howsomever, thenceafter, thenceforth, thenceforward, thenceforwards, thencefrom, thenceout, thereacross, thereagain, therealong, therearound, therebeside, therebetween, therebeyond, therever, thereforth, thereinabove, thereinbelow, thereinunder, theremid, thereover, theresoever, therethrough, therethroughout, thereup, therewithin, therewithout, thitherinsoever, thitherto, thitherward, thitherwards, whatever, whatso, whatsoever, whatsomedever, whatsomever, whenabout, whenabouts, whenas, whenever, whenso, whensoever, whensomever, , whenceafter, whencever, whenceforth, whenceforward, whencefrom, whenceward, whencewards, wherealong, wherebeside, wherebeyond, wherever, whereforth, wherehence, whereinabove, whereinbelow, whereinsoever, whereinunder, wheremid, whereover, whereso, wheresoever, wheresomever, wherethrough, wherethroughout, whereup, wherewithin, wherewithout, whitherever, whitherinsoever, whitherso, whitherto, whithertofore, whitherward, whitherwards, whyever, whyfor, whyso, whysoever Related terms (about): hereabout Related terms (against): hereagainst Related terms (among): hereamong Related terms (amongst): hereamongst Related terms (around): therearound Related terms (as): thereas Related terms (at): hereat Related terms (between): therebetween Related terms (by): hereby Related terms (for): herefor Related terms (in): herein Related terms (in which): whereinwhich Related terms (into): hereinto Related terms (of): hereof Related terms (on): hereon Related terms (out): hereout Related terms (to): hereto Related terms (under): hereunder Related terms (unto): hereunto Related terms (upon): hereupon Related terms (with): herewith Disambiguation of 'about': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'against': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'among': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'amongst': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'around': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'as': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'at': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'between': 37 63 0 Disambiguation of 'by': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'for': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'in': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'in which': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'into': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'on': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'out': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'under': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'unto': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'upon': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'with': 0 0 0
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      "word": "whenabout"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenabouts"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenas"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenso"
    },
    {
      "word": "whensoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whensomever"
    },
    {
      "word": "−"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "whencever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceforth"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceforward"
    },
    {
      "word": "whencefrom"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceward"
    },
    {
      "word": "whencewards"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherealong"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherebeside"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherebeyond"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereforth"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherehence"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinabove"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinbelow"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinsoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinunder"
    },
    {
      "word": "wheremid"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereover"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereso"
    },
    {
      "word": "wheresoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "wheresomever"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherethrough"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherethroughout"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereup"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherewithin"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherewithout"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherinsoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherso"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherto"
    },
    {
      "word": "whithertofore"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherward"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "whyever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whyfor"
    },
    {
      "word": "whyso"
    },
    {
      "word": "whysoever"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To what; to which place, whither?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "whither",
          "whither"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "interrogative",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To what end; wherefore?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wherefore",
          "wherefore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, interrogative) To what end; wherefore?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:",
          "text": "According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To which."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, relative) To which."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "not-comparable",
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "whereunto"
    },
    {
      "word": "whither"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nakǎdeto",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "накъдето"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "mihin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "minne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "wohin"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "poî",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "ποῖ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "hova"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "adube"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "quō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "ki hea"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "aonde"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "adónde"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "vart"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to what place; whither",
      "word": "vartill"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whereto"
}

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