Meaning of whither
please look at the the following "And now that Flynn, a https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/15/trump-adviser-michael-t-flynn-on-his-dinner-with-putin-and-why-russia-today-is-just-like-cnn/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.43bb6e90006a at Russia Today’s anniversary dinner and, apparently, a frequent interlocutor of the Russian ambassador to the U.S., was gone, whither the Trump administration’s special relationship to Russia?" What does whither mean? does it mean " to what extent" will relations suffer?
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Anonymous What does whither mean? " Implicit is the verb "go". Now that Flynn was gone, where does the Trump administration's special relationship to Russia go?
- Anonymous What does whither mean?
- " Implicit is the verb "go".
- Now that Flynn was gone, where does the Trump administration's special relationship to Russia go?
- (That is, What is left of it?
- , or What will become of it?
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AnonymousWhat does whither mean?
It's related to "where?" It means "to where?" Implicit is the verb "go".
Now that Flynn was gone, where does the Trump administration's special relationship to Russia go? (That is, What is left of it?, or What will become of it?)
CJ
0"Whither" corresponds to the Russian "kuda," but it's rarely used in English. It sounds poetic, almost archaic.
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