Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - wherever

1. You use wherever to indicate that something happens or is true in any place or situation. Some people enjoy themselves wherever they are... Jack believed in finding happiness wherever possible... CONJ 2. You use wherever when you indicate that you do not know where a person or place is. I’d like to leave as soon as possible and join my children, wherever they are... CONJ 3. You use wherever in questions as an emphatic form of ‘where’, usually when you are surprised about something. Wherever did you get that idea?... Wherever have you been? QUEST c darkgreen]emphasis