What does “whose” mean?
- 1
determinerused to ask who something belongs to
Whose bag is this?
- 2
determinerused to show that something belongs to a person or thing just mentioned
I have a friend whose father is a pilot.
Whose at a glance
- Part of speech
- determiner
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /huz/ · HOOZ
How to use “whose” correctly
“Whose” shows possession; “who’s” means “who is” or “who has”: “Who’s coming?”
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