Whose Definition
ho͝oz
pronoun
That or those belonging to whom.
Whose is this? whose will look best?
Webster's New World
Whose is the question word used to ask to whom a thing or things belongs.
An example of whose is when you find a dog without an owner and you ask who the owner is.
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Synonyms:
- to whom
- from these
- belonging to what person
- of the aforementioned one
adjective
Of, belonging to, made by, or done by whom or which.
Whose book is lost? a song whose popularity endures.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Whose
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Genitive of who, from Old English hwæs, the genitive of hwa, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis
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