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. Daniele Fiorentino:

   Maybe today the situation is less critical than in 2015, but that the tragedy … is the result of a weakness or ineffectiveness in the decision making process both in Italy and in Europe, whose responsibility is it to rescue people lost at sea, who is monitoring the process and making the decisions? In doing this, authorities, and we all, should always keep in mind that the main issue at stake here is very immediate and clear: saving human lives.

2. Aidan McQuade:

   Currently you have (millions of) people whose labor is not being used for either the benefit of themselves or their families, if they start working for themselves and their families instead of enriching some slave holder there will be a disproportionate impact upon poverty compared to other interventions that could be made.

3. Colin Wilson:

   The mentally healthy individual is he who habitually calls upon fairly deep levels of vital reserves. An individual whose mind is allowed to become dormant - so that only the surface is disturbed - begins to suffer from‘circulation problems’. Neurosis is the feeling of being cut off from your own powers.

4. Ken Russell:

   What happens when you don't have leadership that has the support of management and the elected body is that it undermines their ability to manage a police force, when you've got a chief whose primary objective is reform, transparency and accountability, you need them to have the backing of those they work with. So, it's very important that we're a cohesive body.

5. Fadi Quran:

   I consider it to be horrifying that the most vulnerable swing state voters that we have out there right now, whose decisions will determine the fate of the country, are being preyed upon by misinformation.

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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