whither
adverb, conjunction/ˈwɪðə(r)/
/ˈwɪðər/
- (old use) where; to which
- Whither should they go?
- They did not know whither they should go.
- the place whither they were sent
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- (formal) used to ask what is likely to happen to something in the future
- Whither modern architecture?
Word OriginOld English hwider, from the Germanic base of which; compare with hither and thither.
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