where's

See also: wheres

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛə(ɹ)z/, /ʍɛə(ɹ)z/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
• Homophones: wares, warez, wears (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Contraction

where's

1. Contraction of where is.

   Where's your hat?

2. Contraction of where has.

   Where's she gone?

3. (colloquial) Contraction of where does.

   Where's he go every day?

4. (nonstandard) Contraction of where are.

Anagrams

• hewers, rehews, shewer