WHOSE


Meaning of WHOSE in English

I. ˈhüz, üz adjective

Etymology: Middle English whos, genitive of who, what

Date: before 12th century

: of or relating to whom or which especially as possessor or possessors

whose gorgeous vesture heaps the ground — Robert Browning

agent or agents

the law courts, whose decisions were important — F. L. Mott

or object or objects of an action

the first poem whose publication he ever sanctioned — J. W. Krutch

II. pronoun, singular or plural in construction

Date: 12th century

: that which belongs to whom — used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective whose

tell me whose it was — Shakespeare

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.