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Definitions for Whose

[1] (the possessive case of who used as an adjective): Whose umbrella did I take? Whose is this one?
[2] (the possessive case of which used as an adjective): a word whose meaning escapes me; an animal whose fur changes color.
[3] the one or ones belonging to what person or persons: Whose painting won the third prize?
[4] what person or persons?: Who did it?
[5] (of a person) of what character, origin, position, importance, etc.: Who does she think she is?
[6] the person that or any person that (used relatively to represent a specified or implied antecedent): It was who you thought.
[7] (used relatively in restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses to represent a specified antecedent, the antecedent being a person or sometimes an animal or personified thing): Any kid who wants to can learn to swim.
[8] Archaic . the person or persons who.
[9] of whom? belonging to whom? used in direct and indirect questions I told him whose fault it was ; whose car is this? (as pronoun ) whose is that?
[10] of whom; belonging to whom; of which; belonging to which: used as a relative pronoun a house whose windows are broken
[11] World Health Organization
[12] which person? what person? used in direct and indirect questions he can't remember who did it ; who met you?
[13] used to introduce relative clauses with antecedents referring to human beings the people who lived here have left
[14] the one or ones who; whoever bring who you want

Words nearby Whose

whorl foot, whorled, whorled loosestrife, whort, whortleberry, whose, whosesoever, whosever, whosis, whoso, whosoever

Origin of Whose

before 900; Middle English; Old English hwā; cognate with Old High German hwer, Gothic hwas, Latin quis

Words that may be confused with Whose

who's, whose, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)

Word origin for Whose

Old English hwā; related to Old Saxon hwē , Old High German hwer, Gothic hvas, Lithuanian kàs, Danish hvo