WHICH


Meaning of WHICH in English

■ interrogative pronoun & determiner asking for information specifying one or more people or things from a definite set.

■ related pronoun & determiner referring to something previously mentioned when introducing a clause giving further information.

Origin

OE hwilc , from the Gmc bases of who and alike .

Usage

On the differences between ~ and that in relative clauses, see usage at that .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.