whereat

English

Etymology

where- +‎ at

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wɛəɹˈæt/

Conjunction

whereat

at which, or toward which
- 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
  Again she saw that bosom old, / Again she felt that bosom cold, / And drew in her breath with a hissing sound: / Whereat the Knight turned wildly round, / And nothing saw, but his own sweet maid / With eyes upraised, as one that prayed.
because of which; whereupon

Translations

translation

Dutch: waaraan (nl)
Finnish: joten (fi)

French: à quoi
Swedish: varpå (sv)

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

(about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
(abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
(after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
(again): thereagain
(against): thereagainst, whereagainst
(among): thereamong, whereamong
(around): therearound
(as): thereas, whereas
(at): hereat, thereat, whereat
(before): herebefore, therebefore
(beside): therebeside
(by): hereby, thereby, whereby
(fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
(from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
(in): herein, therein, wherein
(in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
(in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
(into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
(of): hereof, thereof, whereof
(on): hereon, thereon, whereon
(to): hereto, thereto, whereto
(tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
(under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
(unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
(upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
(with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
(withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal

Anagrams

weareth, weather, whate'er, wheater, wreathe

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