whose
Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
Example
“Whose (wallet) is this?”
Other meanings
Of whom, belonging to whom.
“This is the man whose dog caused the accident.”
Of which, belonging to which.
“We saw several houses whose roofs were falling off.”
Related words
- whose foot the shoe is on
- whose ox is gored
- you and whose army
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “whose” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.