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When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.
Piers Anthony

Meaning of "whose" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHOSE

Old English hwæs, genitive of hwāwho and hwætwhat.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WHOSE

whose  [huːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHOSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whose is a determiner.
The determinant is a modifier that provides context to the noun, often in terms of quantity and possession.

WHAT DOES WHOSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Who (pronoun)

The pronoun who, in English, is an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun, used chiefly to refer to humans. Its derived forms include whom, an objective form the use of which is now generally confined to formal English; the possessive form whose; and the emphatic form whoever (also whosoever and whom(so)ever; see also -ever).

Definition of whose in the English dictionary

The definition of whose in the dictionary is of whom? belonging to whom? used in direct and indirect questions. Other definition of whose is of whom; belonging to whom; of which; belonging to which: used as a relative pronoun.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHOSE


abuse
əˈbjuːz
Andrews
ˈændruːz
bijoux
ˈbiːʒuːz
blues
bluːz
choose
tʃuːz
cruise
kruːz
excuse
ɪkˈskjuːz
fuse
fjuːz
Hughes
hjuːz
lose
luːz
Matthews
ˈmæθjuːz
muse
mjuːz
news
njuːz
refuse
rɪˈfjuːz
Syracuse
ˈsaɪrəˌkjuːz
Toulouse
tuːˈluːz
use
juːz
values
ˈvæljuːz
Veracruz
ˌvɛrəˈkruːz
who´s
huːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHOSE

whoremistress
whoremonger
whoremongery
whoreson
Whorf
whorish
whorishly
whorishness
whorl
whorled
whort
whortle
whortleberries
whortleberry
whosesoever
whosever
whosis
whoso
whosoe´er
whosoever

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHOSE

boothose
chose
feldspathose
felspathose
fire hose
garden hose
half-hose
hose
mantyhose
metamorphose
pantihose
pantyhose
quelquechose
spathose
support hose
those
trunk hose

Synonyms and antonyms of whose in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whose» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHOSE

Find out the translation of whose to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whose from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whose» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谁的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de quién
570 millions of speakers

English

whose
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जिसका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لـِمَنْ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de quem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যাহার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à qui
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yang mana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dessen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誰の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

누구의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

của ai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யாருடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ज्याचे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kimin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di chi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czyj
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

al cui
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τίνος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wie se
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vars
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hvem sin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whose

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHOSE»

The term «whose» is very widely used and occupies the 3.480 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHOSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whose» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whose» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whose

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10 QUOTES WITH «WHOSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word whose.
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Lucius Accius
Many, whose hearts are conquered by acute spite, roll out balanced tales from their own heart, which do not balance when you weigh words against deeds.
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Piers Anthony
When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.
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Noah Baumbach
It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials.
4
Melissa Bean
During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved.
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Carla Bley
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'.
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David Blunkett
Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend. The national mental health strategy recognises the important role adult learning can play for people recovering from mental illness.
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Steven Bochco
Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.
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Stephen Breyer
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less.
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Eric Burdon
People we've encountered at pivotal moments who profoundly influence our direction are not necessarily the people whose names everybody knows. More often, they are the people who say or do just the right thing, at the right time.
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Susan Cain
It's important for a parent to learn to take delight in a child whose behavior might seem mystifying. In the case of an extroverted parent with an introverted child, it can be learning to see the inner riches of your child that may not always be expressed on the surface - but are there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHOSE»

Discover the use of whose in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whose and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Whose America?: Culture Wars in the Public Schools
Who decides? In this absorbing book, Jonathan Zimmerman tells the dramatic story of conflict, compromise, and more conflict over the teaching of history and morality in twentieth-century America. In history, whose stories are told, and how?
Jonathan Zimmerman, 2009
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Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of the Scriptures
A history of the Bible traces its evolution from an oral testament to its numerous modern iterations and translations, discussing such topics as the canonization of different versions, the adoption of certain books by religions and sects, ...
Jaroslav Pelikan, 2006
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Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: Whose Lives Are They Anyway? ...
Whose Lives Are They Anyway? boldly proves a critical point: The biopic is a genuine, dynamic genre and an important oneùit narrates, exhibits, and celebrates a subject's life and demonstrates, investigates, or questions his or her ...
Dennis Bingham, 2010
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Whose Hunger?: Concepts of Famine, Practices of Aid
To the contrary, Jenny Edkins responds in this book: Famine in the contemporary world is not the antithesis of modernity but its symptom.
Jenny Edkins, 2000
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Whose Life is it Anyway?
When sculptor Ken Harrison is permanently paralysed in an accident, he resolves to die rather than live with his physically helpless state.
Brian Clark, 1993
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Whose Music?: A Sociology of Musical Languages
Perhaps most importantly for the contemporary reader, this book depicts the part of the process by which dominant class groups justify their domination--cultural and otherwise.
‎1977
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Whose Crisis, Whose Future
Whether it's growing poverty and inequality or shrinking access to food and water, the collapse of global financial markets or the dire effects of climate change, every aspect of this crisis can be traced back to a transnational neoliberal ...
Susan George, 2010
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Whose Pharaohs?: Archaeology, Museums, and Egyptian National ...
An important new study of Egyptology focuses on the relationship between European imperialism and the scientific study of ancient Egypt.
Donald Malcolm Reid, 2002
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Whose Art is It?
Whose Art Is It? is the story of sculptor John Ahearn, a white artist in a black and Hispanic neighborhood of the South Bronx, and of the people he cast for a series of public sculptures commissioned for an intersection outside a police ...
Jane Kramer, 1994
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Whose Freedom?: The Battle over America's Most Important Idea
But in Whose Freedom?, George Lakoff, an adviser to the Democratic party, shows that in fact the right has effected a devastatingly coherent and ideological redefinition of freedom.
George Lakoff, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHOSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whose is used in the context of the following news items.
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Murder Charge for Brooklyn Woman Whose Infant Was Found Dead …
She was adept at hiding her pregnancies. At 14, she went into labor with her first baby before her mother even knew she had conceived a child. A year later ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Police Identify Man Whose Severed Legs Were Found in New Haven
On Monday, the police announced that DNA tests had determined the identity of the man whose legs were found: Ray Roberson, a 54-year-old homeless man ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Elio Fiorucci, Whose Disco-Era Temple of Fashion Changed Retail …
Elio Fiorucci, the fashion designer and retail visionary whose stores in Milan, London and New York encapsulated the flamboyance of the disco era and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Meet the 23-Year-Old Whose Body Is Turning into Stone
Chanel White, age 23, is living with a rare chronic disease that slowly hardens her skin and organs. (Photo courtesy Chanel White). By Chanel White, as told to ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
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Hospital systems investing in startups whose products they use
Heritage Group, a Nashville-based venture capital firm whose limited partners are a blend of not-for-profit and for-profit health systems, including Cardinal ... «ModernHealthcare.com, Jul 15»
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Whose Party Is It Anyway?
Are the job losses resulting from trade larger or smaller than the economic gains? The pro-labor Economic Policy Institute contends that from 2001 to 2013, trade ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Whose Line is it Anyway?: 'you can't script comedy this good'
It is an idea for a TV programme so simple it barely qualifies as an idea at all: assemble four very funny people and, with minimal direction, ask them to be funny. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Whose Line Is It Anyway? Live review – impro that's improved with age
It is striking to see impro, for so long the runt of the entertainment litter, cheered in a West End theatre. This Whose Line Is It Anyway? revival follows on from ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Whose Line is It Anyway? Live, Adelphi Theatre, review: 'A mix of …
"The last time I said the words Whose Line is it Anyway? the government was facing a weak opposition and Chris Evans was all over the telly," quips Clive ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Hermann Zapf, 96, Dies; Designer Whose Letters Are Found …
Hermann Zapf, whose calling in life — “to create beautiful letters,” as one of his students put it — found expression in lush, steady-handed calligraphy and in ... «New York Times, Jun 15»

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