wherein
/wɛːrˈɪn
/formal
adverb
1 [relative adverb] In which: the situation wherein the information will eventually be used...
- Every few weeks, we would always run into a situation wherein we'd end up fighting.
- The Web is an information-based medium wherein the message is conveyed by means of text, as well as graphics, sound and animation.
- It is a specific portrayal of the schedule network of a project wherein an additional piece of information is added.
2 [interrogative adverb] In what place or respect? so wherein lies the difference?...
- May it not be asked wherein lie the peculiar differences between an essentially Jewish and essentially Christian outlook?
- In short, wherein lies the passage from space demon to fin-de-siècle smiley-face?
- But wherein lies the essential problem of postmodern philosophy?
Rhymes
- in the pudding club
- in the raw
- in the region of
- in the rough
- in the round
- in the saddle
- in the same (or next) breath
- in the second place
- in the sequel
- in the shape of
- in the shit
- in the short run (or term)
- in the soup
- in the swim
- in the teeth of
- in the throes of
- in the train of
- in the wake of
- in the wash
- in the way of
- in the whole (wide) world
- in the wings
- in the wink of an eye (or in a wink)
- in the works
- in the world