who
About 1031.16 uses per million words.
Meaning
- pronoun What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)
- pronoun Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent. With antecedent as subject.
That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)
- pronoun With antecedent as subject.
That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)
- pronoun With antecedent as object: whom.
That's the man who I saw earlier.
- pronoun Whoever, he who, they who.
Who dares wins.
- pronoun Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.
Who are the Miami Heat?
- noun A person under discussion; a question of which person.
- determiner whose
Who phone just rang?
Similar words
whom whoever whomever whosoever whoso which what whichever whatever that
Often followed by
had was are were is have has would can could
Word family
WHO
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