whither
/ˈwɪðə/
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American sound/ˈwɪðə/
whither
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
whit - her -> whither
Myanmar meaning
ဘယ်ကို ၊ ဘယ်အခြေအနေကို။ ဘယ်နေရာကို။ go whiter you will မင်းဆန္ဒရှိရာကို သွားပါ။ ပြီးတော့ ဟိုကို။
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- ‘They will see that they have laboured for the wind, when, at death, they find the profit of their labour is all gone like the wind, they know not whither.’
- ‘For it is the truth of my heart, dearest Lady, that thou hast inspired in me that which I had thought long lost, and whither it had scarpered I wot not.’
- ‘When they emerge from it, I believe, they will have to give some serious thought to what their country is and whither it is heading.’
- ‘The reason was a quote of OC's that I had come across: ‘No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.’’
- ‘Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way?’
- ‘And that brings me to my next question: whither blogs?’
- ‘But without Trio Angulaire, whither the French / Québécois dialogue?’
- ‘It is with such knowledge in mind that famous practitioners of the historical novel, such as AS Byatt, have asked lately, whither the historical novel now?’
- ‘But for some reason, organic strawberries seem to have stronger hulls than regular pesticide-covered ones, and now my only question is: whither a strawberry huller?’
- ‘Time then to ask the pertinent question - whither this development?’
- ‘In 1831-2 Charlotte was at Miss Wooler's school at Roe Head, whither she returned as a teacher in 1835-8, and where she met her two close friends, Ellen Nussey and Mary Taylor.’
- ‘One finds oneself walking mechanically to the tower of Belvedere Castle whither all other park visitors have gravitated like the ghouls in ‘Night of the Living Dead.’’
- ‘That the opera's third act, with its customs office, had to be relocated to the Franco-Belgian border, whither the tubercular and penniless Mimi could hardly have dragged herself, is the least of its problems.’
- ‘At least Kaisa has his address in Oslo, whither she flies, dressed in a smart black business suit, and promptly rents a flashy new car with which to impress Tomas (claiming it as her own).’
- ‘Away from the Diplomacy board, France is my favourite country - the best, most beautiful and most civilized country in the world, whither I shall undoubtedly be forced to flee when life in England finally becomes unbearable.’
- ‘The steady click, click, click of things falling into place became a flow and I went whither it would lead.’
- ‘But if we thought we were going to wander whither we pleased we were soon disillusioned.’
- ‘Why should anybody bother to read a centuries-old ‘experimental’ novel, in which the sentences wander whither they will?’
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