who

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/huː/]

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Senses

1. who (pron) — sense 1

Definition: What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.

Example: You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)

2. who (pron) — sense 2

Definition: Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.: With antecedent as subject.

Example: That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)

3. who (pron) — sense 3

Definition: Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.: With antecedent as object: whom.

Example: That's the man who I saw earlier.

4. who (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A person under discussion; a question of which person.

Example: A wham-bam caper flick, efficiently directed by Roger Donaldson, that fancifully revisits the mysterious whos and speculative hows of a 1971 London bank heist.

5. who (det) — sense 1

Definition: whose

Example: Who phone just rang?

Structure of the word

Roots:

kʷ (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: kʷ

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