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Date "WHER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Note: Wher \Wher\, Where \Where\, pronoun & conj. [See Whether.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: WHER |
| Specialty definitions using "WHER": Railroad. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "WHER": Where. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Baby, can you tell me just wher we fit in (Living In Sin; performing artist: Bon Jovi) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Transfusion bottles containing intravenous solution, are given another inspection after being taken from the sterilizer. Margie Easton is one of the many women workers at Baxter Laboratories, Glenview, Illinois, wher. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to wher we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "WHER" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "WHER" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rena wher | 2 |
actslike highway interchange intersection network wher | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oute parasthsai me dunantai peri wn nun kathgorousin mou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Neque probare possunt tibi de quibus nunc accusant me |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Nether thei moun preue to thee, of the whiche thingis thei now accusen me. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Nether can they prove ye thinges wher of they accuse me. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 13 |
| Albanian | dhe as mund të provojnë gjërat për të cilat tani më akuzojnë. |
| Cebuano | Ug dili usab sila makapadayag kanimog kamatuoran sa ilang mga sumbong karon batok kanako. |
| Chinese | 他 們 現 在 所 告 我 的 事 、 並 不 能 對 證 實 了 。 |
| Croatian | I ne mogu ti dokazati ono za što me sada optužuju." |
| Danish | Og de kunne ej heller bevise dig det, som de nu anklage mig for. |
| Dutch | En zij kunnen niet bewijzen, waarvan zij mij nu beschuldigen. |
| Finnish | eivätkä myöskään voi näyttää sinulle toteen sitä, mistä he nyt minua syyttävät. |
| French | Et ils ne sauraient prouver ce dont ils m`accusent maintenant. |
| German | Sie können mir auch der keines beweisen, dessen sie mich verklagen. |
| Haitian Creole | Moun sa yo pa ka bay okenn prèv pou tou sa yo sot di mwen fè a. |
| Hungarian | Rám sem bizonyíthatják azokat, a mikkel most engem vádolnak. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka pun tidak dapat membuktikan tuduhan-tuduhan yang mereka ajukan kepada Tuan terhadap saya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan tiada pula mereka itu dapat menerangkan kepada Tuan tuduhan mereka itu atas hamba sekarang ini. |
| Italian | e non possono provare nessuna delle cose delle quali ora mi accusano. |
| Latvian | Ne pilsçtâ; tie nevar tev pierâdît arî to, par ko tie mani apsûdz. |
| Maori | E kore ano e taea e ratou te whakatau ki ahau i tou aroaro nga mea e whakawakia nei ahau e ratou. |
| Norwegian | heller ikke kan de godtgjøre for dig disse sine klager imot mig. |
| Portuguese | Nem te podem provar as coisas de que agora me acusam. |
| Rumanian | Awa cq n`ar putea dovedi lucrurile de cari mq pkrqsc acum. |
| Russian | Й ОЕ НПЗХФ "ПЛБЪБФШ ФПЗП, Ч ЮЕН ФЕ ЕТШ П'ЧЙОСАФ НЕОС. |
| Shuar | Ju aents jui matsatainia nu Wíniaka penké turutchamnia ainiawai. |
| Spanish | Tampoco pueden ellos comprobarte las cosas de las que ahora me acusan. |
| Swahili | Wala hawawezi kuthibitisha mashtaka waliyotoa juu yangu. |
| Swedish | Ej heller kunna de inför dig bevisa det som de nu anklaga mig för. |
| Uma | Hiaa' uma wo'o-di ma'ala rapopohiloi-ko kamakono-na pangadua' -ra toe we'i to rapangadu' -ka. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "WHER": where, whereabout, whereabouts, whereas, whereases, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefores, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, wheres, wheresoever, wherethrough, whereto, whereunto, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal, wherewithals, wherried, wherries, wherry, wherrying, wherve, wherves. (additional references) | |
Words containing "WHER": anywhere, anywheres, cowherb, cowherbs, cowherd, cowherds, elsewhere, everywhere, nowhere, nowheres, otherwhere, somewhere, somewheres. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-r-w" | |
-1 letter: her, hew. | |
-2 letters: eh, er, he, re, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-r-w" | |
+1 letter: hewer, shrew, threw, where, whore. | |
+2 letters: chawer, chewer, hawker, hawser, hewers, howler, rechew, reshow, rewash, shewer, shower, shrewd, shrews, thawer, washer, wether, whaler, wharve, wheres, wherry, wherve, whiner, whiter, whored, whores, wisher, wither, wreath, wrench, wretch, writhe, wuther. | |
+3 letters: beshrew, chawers, chewers, chewier, chowder, cowherb, cowherd, hawkers, hawsers, haywire, however, howlers, nowhere, preshow, prewash, rawhide, rechews, reshown, reshows, reweigh, shewers, showers, showery, showier, shrewed, swasher, swather, swisher, swither, thawers, thewier, thrawed, thrower, upthrew, warhead, washers, washier, watcher, wearish, weather, weigher, welcher, welsher, wencher, wethers, whacker, whalers, whapper, wharfed, wharves, wheeler, wheezer, whereas, whereat, whereby, wherein, whereof, whereon, whereto, wherves, whether, whetter, whicker, whiffer, whimper, whiners, whinier, whipper, whirled, whirler, whirred, whisker, whisper, whither, whitier, whitter, whizzer, whoever, whooper, whopper, whorled, whortle, wincher, wishers, withers, withier, worthed, wrathed, wreathe, wreaths, wreathy, writhed, writhen, writher, writhes, wuthers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 48 45 52 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .... . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01001000 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W H E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0048 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57423952 |
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