What does “who” mean?
- 1
pronounused to ask which person or people
Who is your teacher?
- 2
pronounused to add information about a person just mentioned
The man who lives next door is a doctor.
Who at a glance
- Part of speech
- pronoun
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /hu/ · HOO
- Forms
- whom, whose
How to use “who” correctly
In everyday English, “who” is used for both subject and object: “Who did you see?” “Whom” is formal. Don’t confuse “who’s” (who is) with “whose”.
Common phrases with “who”
- who else
- the person who
- who knows
“who” is on these word lists
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- me pronounA1used by the speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition