where've

American  

[wairv, hwairv, wair-uhv, hwair-] / wɛərv, ʰwɛərv, ˈwɛər əv, ˈʰwɛər- /

1. contraction of where have: Where've you seen this before?

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Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

A reply quickly follows by voicenote: "Girl, where've you been? We've had one every day for the past two weeks."

From BBC

“I think it says a lot about how the game is growing, No. 1, and where’ve brought it to places and fans that never would have probably thought it 20 years ago or 30 or whatever,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said.

From Washington Times

"He's worried about losing the internal-combustion auto jobs — dude, where've you been?"

From Salon

“Where’ve you been?” she asks, her voice high.

From Literature

He says, “I haven’t seen you all week. Where’ve you been hiding?”

From Literature