What does Whose mean?

Definitions for Whose
huzwhose

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Whose.


Did you actually mean whisk or whish?

Wiktionary

  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

  1. Whosenoun

    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.

    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

  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

  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

  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?

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. W. Somerset Maugham:

    My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

  2. Zev Elkin:

    I think that in the end of the day Donald Trump is known as a candidate whose almost every statement is a provocative statement. So it might be said that the Jews got off cheap compared to his other statements, i don't think anyone should draw lessons from this or that statement.

  3. Hannah Arendt:

    Predictions of the future are never anything but projections of present automatic processes and procedures, that is, of occurrences that are likely to come to pass if men do not act and if nothing unexpected happens; every action, for better or worse, and every accident necessarily destroys the whole pattern in whose frame the prediction moves and where it finds its evidence.

  4. Valeria Ponomarova:

    I turned and just fell on my knees and I just screamed with the most agonizing cry, i didn’t know [whose drone] it was. Our forces, or the enemy.

  5. Donald Trump:

    The Special ‘Prosecutor’ assigned to the ‘get Trump case,’ Jack Smith(?), is a Trump Hating THUG whose wife is a serial and open Trump Hater, whose friends & other family members are even worse.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

Whose#1#1881#10000

Translations for Whose

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for Whose »

Translation

Find a translation for the Whose definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Whose." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/Whose>.

Discuss these Whose definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for Whose? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    in or of the month preceding the present one
    A adscripted
    B ultimo
    C eminent
    D defiant

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for Whose: