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What (who) is wherefores - definition
wherefores
The whys and wherefores of something are the reasons for it.
Even successful bosses need to be queried about the whys and wherefores of their actions.
PHRASE: usu PHR of n
wherefore
ad., conj.
1.
Why, for what cause or reason, on what account.
2.
Why, for what reason.
3.
For which reason.
Wherefore
·noun the reason why.
II. Wherefore ·adv & ·conj For which reason; so;
- used relatively.
III. Wherefore ·adv & ·conj For what reason; why;
- used interrogatively.
Examples of use of wherefores
1. "At that point, I wasn‘t interested in the whys and wherefores," says Kathryn.
2. We know the Hu of Who is running China? , but not yet the whys and wherefores.
3. Only when he returned to Israel did we find out the whys and wherefores of that smile.
4. Police are losing sleep over the possibility that the whys and wherefores may never come for survivors and for victims‘ families.
5. Editor, Most people in the United States have little first–hand information about the whys and wherefores of the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case.