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Huːz House I Determiner Bre Man Opinion Respect

Word whose
WordType (determiner)
Phonetic BrE / huːz / NAmE / huːz /
Example
  • whose house is that?
  • i wonder whose this is.
  • he's a man whose opinion i respect.
  • it's the house whose door is painted red.
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whose

(determiner)BrE / huːz / NAmE / huːz /
  1. used in questions to ask who something belongs to
    • Whose house is that?
    • I wonder whose this is.
  2. used to say which person or thing you mean
    • He's a man whose opinion I respect.
    • It's the house whose door is painted red.
  3. used to give more information about a person or thing
    • Isobel, whose brother he was, had heard the joke before.

    Word Origin

    • Old English hwæs, genitive of hwā ‘who’ and hwæt ‘what’.
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