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 Definitions of which  [ʰwɪtʃ, wɪtʃ]  

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Definition of 'which' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (pron.) which
what one?:
Which of these do you want? Which do you want?

2.  which
whichever:
Choose which appeals to you.

3.  which
(used relatively in restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses to represent a specified antecedent):
This book, which I read last night, was exciting. The socialism which Owen preached was unpalatable to many. The lawyer represented five families, of which ours was the largest.

4.  which
(used relatively in restrictive clauses having that as the antecedent):
Damaged goods constituted part of that which was sold at the auction.

5.  which
(used after a preposition to represent a specified antecedent):
the house in which I lived.

6.  which
(used relatively to represent a specified or implied antecedent) the one that; a particular one that:
You may choose which you like.

7.  which
(used in parenthetic clauses) the thing or fact that:
He hung around for hours and, which was worse, kept me from doing my work.

8. (adj.) which
what one of (a certain number or group mentioned or implied)?:
Which book do you want?

9.  which
whichever; any that:
Go which way you please, you'll end up here.

10.  which
being previously mentioned:
It rained all day, during which time we played cards.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME; OE hwilc, hwelc=hwe- (akin to hwāwho ) +-līc body, shape, kind; c. OS (h)wilik, OHG hwelīk, ON hvīlīkr, Go hwileiks lit., of what form)

Definition of 'which' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (determiner) which
used to specify a possible choice
Which dress should I wear?; Which employee has been chosen this year?

2.  which
indicates sth just mentioned
He started yelling, at which point I decided to leave.

3. (pronoun) which
used to specify a possible choice
Which of the two dresses should I wear?; There are so many good paintings. Which is the winner?

4.  which
indicates sth that has just been mentioned
The car, which I just bought, is being repaired.; Then he made a funny face, which was funny.


Definition of 'which' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) which
of what sort or kind; what; what a; who

2. (adj) which
a interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron., 1

3.  which
a relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons

4.  which
a compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will


Translation of 'which' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group
Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: watter Arabic flag Arabic: أي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кой
Brazilian flag Brazilian: qual Czech flag Czech: jaký, který, co German flag German: welche
Danish flag Danish: hvilken Greek flag Greek: ποιος (απ' όλους) Spanish flag Spanish: cuál
Estonian flag Estonian: missugune, mis, kumb Farsi flag Farsi: کدام Finnish flag Finnish: mitä, kuka, kumpi
French flag French: quel; lequel, laquelle Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֵיזֶה Hindi flag Hindi: कौन, कौन सा
Croatian flag Croatian: koji Hungarian flag Hungarian: melyik(et)? Indonesian flag Indonesian: yang mana
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hver, hvor, hvaða Italian flag Italian: quale; chi Japanese flag Japanese: どちら
Korean flag Korean: (일정수의 물건, 일, 사람 가운데) 어느 쪽 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kuris Latvian flag Latvian: kurš
Malay flag Malay: yang mana satu Dutch flag Dutch: welk Norwegian flag Norwegian: hvilken; hvem, hva
Polish flag Polish: który Portuguese flag Portuguese: qual Romanian flag Romanian: care; pe care; la care
Russian flag Russian: какой; который Slovak flag Slovak: aký, ktorý, čo Slovenian flag Slovenian: kateri
Serbian flag Serbian: koji Swedish flag Swedish: vilken, vilket, vilka, ve Thai flag Thai: อันไหน; สิ่งไหน
Turkish flag Turkish: hangisi(ni), hangi Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 哪一個 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: котрий, який
Urdu flag Urdu: کون سا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cái nào; người nào Chinese flag Chinese: 哪一个

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