Definitions for Whose
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WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. whosepronoun

   Of whom, belonging to whom; .

   Whose wallet is this?

2. whosepronoun

   Of which, belonging to which; .

   We saw several houses whose roofs are falling off. (=The roofs are falling off several houses we saw.)

3. Etymology: Genitive of who, from hwæs, the genitive of hwa, from hwaz, from kʷos

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whosenoun

   1. Genitive of who.

   Though I could
   With barefac’d power sweep him from my sight,
   And bid my will avouch it, yet I must not;
   For certain friends that are both his and mine,
   Whose loves I may not drop. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   2. Genitive of which.

   Thy name afrights me, in whose sound is death. William Shakespeare.

   Those darts whose points make gods adore
   His might, and deprecate his power. Matthew Prior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Whose

   the possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which

2. Etymology: [OE. whos, whas, AS. hws, gen. of hw. See Who.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whose

   hōōz, pron. the possessive case of who or which.—pron. Whosesoev′er (B.), of whomsoever. [M. E. hwas—A.S. hwæs, gen. of hwá, who.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. whose

   To belong to a person.

   We know whose jumper that is.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 22, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Whose' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #438

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Whose' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1555

How to pronounce Whose?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Whose in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Whose in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Whose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Whose in a Sentence

1. William Schaffner:

   This is largely a problem when it comes to severe disease, the disease that requires hospitalization, it's among the unvaccinated. It really is pretty unusual to have a vaccinated person be hospitalized. Most of those people tend to be older and very, very frail. They never were able to respond to the vaccine, and we have the occasional immunocompromised person whose immune system also couldn't respond optimally to the vaccine, so the unvaccinated continue to be the big highway of transmission. The vaccinated, they're little side streets. Let's not get preoccupied with that. We need to get more people vaccinated.

2. Jeffrey Lichtman:

   Sometimes it gets lost on the audience that we're talking about a kid who was 14 years old when this started. Whose brain wasn't fully developed, every role model, every male relative on his father's side was in jail or just got out of jail. This is the normal for Rashaun Weaver.

3. Charles Lichtman:

   We believe that justice was not done here, our client is a 78-year-old widow, whose UBS broker put all of her money into one investment.

4. Arizona Sheriff Babeu:

   To be clear, the backgrounds of the individuals in question would generally make them enforcement priorities for ICE. However, ICE has no legal basis for continuing to hold these individuals.One individual( Hermez) is a lawful permanent resident whose current conviction record does not make him legally removable. the sheriffs of Arizona have been forced to deal with many challenges due to lax enforcement of Criminal rules for U.S. immigration policies.

5. Amal Clooney:

   I met George when I was 35 and starting to become quite resigned to the idea that I would be a spinster. Then we met, five years later, he is the person who has my complete admiration and also the person whose smile makes me melt every time.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Whose
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Whose
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Whose
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Whose