whose

About 113.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. determiner Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.

   Whose (wallet) is this?

2. determiner Of whom, belonging to whom.

   This is the man whose dog caused the accident.

3. determiner Of which, belonging to which.

   We saw several houses whose roofs were falling off.

4. pronoun That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

   Several people have lost their suitcases. Whose have you found?

5. pronoun That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

   This car is blocking the way, but Mr Smith, whose it is, will be here shortly.

6. contraction Misspelling of who's.

Similar words

against and available before comprising dont having his includes including

Often followed by

name work names life members only parents lives father hands