Definitions for Whose
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Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. Barbara Parker:

   After Newtown, after Aurora, after Gabby Giffords was shot -- Barbara Parker think, something is gon na get done. This time, the circumstances of this tragedy, they are different. there are people out there whose minds Barbara Parker will never change.

2. Senate Health:

   The opaque and secretive handling of information related to these events constitutes an obvious threat to public health and is unacceptable in a free nation whose elected leaders must be transparent with and accountable to the American people.

3. Paul Whelan:

   I can't imagine that all of these oligarchs whose families are now being affected, whose assets and goods are now being affected, wouldn't consider the release of Trevor Reed and Trevor a very small price to pay in order to get some relief themselves.

4. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   The world is full of remarkable people whose amazing work often goes unnoticed or doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

5. Aeschylus:

   It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer. motivational quotes

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